Idiom
flog a dead pony
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 trying to fix that old car; you are flogging a dead pony.”
“The committee kept debating the failed project, but they were really just flogging a dead pony.”
“Despite the clear lack of public interest, the director insisted on reviving the play, effectively flogging a dead pony to an empty theater.”
Examples
simple
“Stop trying to fix that old car; you are flogging a dead pony.”
contextual
“The committee kept debating the failed project, but they were really just flogging a dead pony.”
complex
“Despite the clear lack of public interest, the director insisted on reviving the play, effectively flogging a dead pony to an empty theater.”
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