Dictionary

flog a dead horse en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (UK, idiomatic) 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.
2. (dated) To attempt to get extra work out of a ship's crew during the dead horse period.

Forms

Relateds

necrohipposadism · necrohippoflagellation

Synonyms

spit in the wind

Translations (26)

ms mencari jejak dalam air (to attempt to get more out of something that cannot give more) · it è fatica sprecata (to attempt to get more out of something that cannot give more) · et surnud hobust peksta (to attempt to get more out of something that cannot give more) · es machacar en hierro frío (to attempt to get more out of something that cannot give more) · hu lezárt témán lovagol (to attempt to get more out of something that cannot give more) · et tühja tööd tegema (to attempt to get more out of something that cannot give more) · su mapatahan ngojay ka meri (to attempt to get more out of something that cannot give more) · de seine Zeit verschwenden (to attempt to get more out of something that cannot give more) · hu feleslegesen igyekszik/erőlteti (to attempt to get more out of something that cannot give more) · pt chutar cachorro morto (to attempt to get more out of something that cannot give more) · de auf etwas herumreiten (to attempt to get more out of something that cannot give more) · tr boşa kürek çekmek (to attempt to get more out of something that cannot give more) · tr havanda su dövmek (to attempt to get more out of something that cannot give more) · gd a' marbhadh coin mhairbh (to attempt to get more out of something that cannot give more) · hu falra hányt borsó (to attempt to get more out of something that cannot give more) · ki kũhũra maaĩ na ndĩrĩ (to attempt to get more out of something that cannot give more) · de sich vergeblich bemühen (to attempt to get more out of something that cannot give more) · pt chover no molhado (to attempt to get more out of something that cannot give more) · it sprecare tempo (to attempt to get more out of something that cannot give more) · et viljatut ideed uuesti üles võtma (to attempt to get more out of something that cannot give more) · it è una battaglia persa (to attempt to get more out of something that cannot give more) · hu vesztegeti az idejét (to attempt to get more out of something that cannot give more) · hu mint halottnak a csók (to attempt to get more out of something that cannot give more) · fi piiskata kuollutta hevosta (to attempt to get more out of something that cannot give more) · pl but see robić coś na próżno (to attempt to get more out of something that cannot give more) · pl zrobić coś na próżno (to attempt to get more out of something that cannot give more)