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bazbuz on Sep 06, 2024 1:16pm
U CAN'T FLOG A DEAD HORSE
A possible solution ...Repurpose the Horse... Maybe a nice pair of Cowboy boots... Maybe repurpose ... Glue for sure... Off to the Glue Factory Whinny... https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-meaning-of-the-idiom-flogging-a-dead-horse
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What is the meaning of the idiom "flogging a dead horse"?
What is the meaning of the idiom “flogging a dead horse”?
I’d always heard the term “beating a dead horse,” not “flogging,” not that it matters that much, I guess. This means to be trying to do something which is futile. Perhaps you’re trying to talk someone into something and he or she has already made a decision. You’re wasting your breath or wasting your efforts to accomplish something which can’t be done.
It is usually used when someone continues arguing for their point of view after the matter at hand has already been settled, or is no longer of any importance.
The imagery of the metaphor, of course, is someone hitting a horse to make it go faster. Except that if the horse has died, no amount of beating (or “flogging,” as you heard the expression) will make it move. Someone beating a dead horse is wasting energy on an entirely pointless task.
The idiom "flogging a dead horse" refers to the futile act of continuing to put effort into something that is already dead or beyond reviving. It suggests that any further attempt to revive or achieve something that has already failed or run its course is a waste of time and energy. The metaphor implies that trying to beat a dead horse would have no effect, as the horse is already dead and cannot be made to move or respond. Used figuratively, it means persisting with a lost cause or trying to revive something that is completely hopeless.
To flog a dead horse, or alternatively, beat a dead horse, means to keep putting effort into something that is impossible, something that the outcome is inevitable. The phrase evokes an image of a man trying to make a dead horse get up and carry him further. This is futile, because no matter how much he beats it, it will not get up and keep working
People would flog (or whip) a horse to make it run faster, or to get it to move when it doesn’t want to. Obviously, if the horse is dead, it’s not going to move an inch, no matter how hard or long you keep flogging it.
The expression is used to refer to someone who keeps talking or arguing about a subject that is no longer of interest to anyone else, or something that happened that can’t be changed now. In other words, the matter is dead, so there’s no point in continuing to “flog” it.
All the flogging (whipping) in the world is not going to get a dead horse to get up and pull anything.
It means ‘doing something useless’ and ‘continuing to insist on doing/saying something which is not working and which is NEVER going to work, ever’.
It means engaging in a non-productive waste of time, which will not achieve your goal.
“ 'Flogging a dead horse' - the meaning and origin of this phrase “
“ The original meaning of 'flogging a dead horse', apart from the literal 'horse that has fallen off its perch', was a reference to work for which a person had been paid in advance (and possibly had already spent the proceeds). This dates from the 17th century and is referred to in Richard Brome's play The Antipodes, first performed in 1638 and printed in 1640:
He cur'd a country gentleman that fell mad
For spending of his land before he sold it;
That is, 'twas sold to pay his debts - all went
That way for a dead horse, as one w
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Flogging a dead horses simply means, wasting ones energy on something that will never achieve any kind of a result. You can beat on the dead horses until you are exhausted, but it will never get up and pull your plow, because the horse is dead. Short answer, wasting your time and energy for nothing.
The full expression is “it's no use flogging a dead horse”. It derives from the story of a brutal carter who treated his horses extremely badly, flogging them whenever they faltered or slowed down. Eventually one of his horses just laid down in it's harness and wouldn't move. This infuriated the carter who went into a frenzy of lashing, but to no avail, the horse wouldn't move. Finally a bystander pointed out to the carter that the horse was dead. Hence the expression “it's no use flogging a dead horse”
Now, when someone persists with a an argument, or project,that everyone else can see has no
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Another one of those charming, delightful expressions found in English. The horse is already dead. No matter how much you whip him, he will not suddenly stand up and resume pulling the wagon. You are waisting your time, your energy and strength. Similar to having won an argument with your beloved and you persist on bringing up minor details again and again. You won. No point belaboring the minutiae. Stop flogging a dead horse. You won. Any added discussion on the matter serves no purpose………see how that works?
It means a waste of time and effort, indicating someone who is out of control and not thinking rationally. The phrase originates from the time when horses were our primary means of transportation. They were controlled by flicks Of a whip or crop. Sadly, this whip was sometimes used to beat a horse to go past his endurance. Someone who would do this to the point of killing his horse and then continuing to beat him was considered a brute and a moron.
Can you explain the idiom 'Beating a dead horse' with an example? I used to know a lady who was the vicar in my local village. I was not in the least bit religious; I knew her because she had a horse which she kept on the same yard as my horse. She never preached any religious ideas while she was visiting her horse - like the rest of us, I guess it was an escape from work, a nice relaxing hobby. She reminded me a lot of The Vicar of Dibley, but blonde… and, like many vicars in England, she could drink you under the table.
One time, as we were sitting around in the tack room having a nice cup of tea, she unusually suggested that perhaps we could go to church f
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When someone flogs a dead horse , they either talk about the subject which has already been discussed or waste time and effort for work which is impossible to achieve.
Trying to push back the expiry of something while still pushing to control it.
(Wasting your time; doing something makes you fell valid.)
It is an English language colloquialism meaning to enthusiastically promote/continue an activity long after any possibility of success has disappeared.
People usually flog a horse to make him go faster, a dead horse can’t go at all so flogging him is a waste of time
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