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A man sits atop a dead horse in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. The idiom "to beat a dead horse" originated from the fact that flogging a dead horse will not compel it to do useful work. Flogging a dead horse (or beating a dead horse in American English) is an idiom meaning that a particular effort is futile.
At this point you should drop the stick and back slowly away from the horse carcass. If a debate, discussion, or general exchange of views has come to a natural end through one party having "won" or (more likely) the community having lost interest in the entire thing, then no matter which side you were on, you should walk away.
Flogging a dead horse (or "beating a dead horse" or "beating a dead dog") is a common English idiom. Flogging a dead horse or beating a dead horse may also refer to: Flogging a Dead Horse, 1980 compilation album of singles by the Sex Pistols
It is seemingly not possible for “Dexter,” as a franchise, to move forward. In the final moments of the sequel series “New Blood,” which aired eight years after the original series finale ...
The mini horse, known as "such a little miracle boy" and "the world's spicy small stallion," has a lot to say in those kicks, and he's not afraid to show it. Many of the rescue's followers agreed ...
He also collaborated with Jarrod Alonge on his 2015 project Beating a Dead Horse. [10] In 2019, Terreberry started a competition with Jared Dines to play the guitar with the most strings. [11] The competition ended after Terreberry received a custom 20-string guitar. [12] Terreberry and Dines later sold their instruments for charity. [13]
A harness racing trainer in upstate New York was accused of striking a horse and fracturing its skull, requiring the animal to be euthanized, authorities said. Frederick Bourgault, 26, was ...
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