Sunday, August 06, 2006

Idiom of the Day

Beating a dead horse:
  • You are beating a dead horse when you insist on talking about something that cannot be changed.
  • Beating a dead horse is an action that has no purpose, because no matter how hard or how long you beat a dead horse, it is not going to get up and run.
  • To repeatedly bring up a particular topic with no chance of affecting the outcome is beating a dead horse.

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