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dead horse

noun

  1. something that has ceased to be useful or relevant.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of dead horse1

An Americanism dating back to 1820–30
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Idioms and Phrases

  1. beat / flog a dead horse, to persist in pursuing or trying to revive interest in a project or subject that has lost its usefulness or relevance.

More idioms and phrases containing dead horse

see beat a dead horse .
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Eastman has advocated a reconsideration of birthright citizenship — or as I wrote in 2020, “flogging this dead horse†— for years.

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"I remember having a conversation with my mum at a point and she said 'do you think you're flogging a dead horse here?' I just said no. I knew I had the chance to do this if I got a clean run at things."

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In addition to raising a litany of other claims about Tanner — including an on-duty incident in which he allegedly cut off a dead horse’s leg — the suit also describes repeated misconduct involving other members of the Rattlesnakes.

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In addition to the internal criminal probe, the suit says Tanner was the target of multiple administrative investigations, including one incident in which he allegedly sawed off the leg of a dead horse with a pocketknife and made a trainee hold the leg.

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A minute later, another call reported a trailer had stopped next to a “dead horse blocking one or two lanes,†he said.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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