Idiom
flog a dead horse
Meaning
To attempt to get more out of something that cannot give more; to attempt to arouse fresh interest in something that is either hopeless or already settled.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Stop arguing — you're flogging a dead horse.”
“The manager kept pushing the old marketing plan, but everyone knew he was flogging a dead horse.”
“Years after the scandal had faded from public memory, the journalist continued to flog a dead horse, writing article after article that few bothered to read.”
Examples
simple
“Stop arguing — you're flogging a dead horse.”
contextual
“The manager kept pushing the old marketing plan, but everyone knew he was flogging a dead horse.”
complex
“Years after the scandal had faded from public memory, the journalist continued to flog a dead horse, writing article after article that few bothered to read.”
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