flog

verb

/flɒɡ/

/flɑːɡ/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they flog	/flɒɡ/ /flɑːɡ/
he / she / it flogs	/flɒɡz/ /flɑːɡz/
past simple flogged	/flɒɡd/ /flɑːɡd/
past participle flogged	/flɒɡd/ /flɑːɡd/
-ing form flogging	/ˈflɒɡɪŋ/ /ˈflɑːɡɪŋ/

Idioms

[often passive] flog somebody to punish somebody by hitting them many times with a whip or stick鞭笞，棒打（作为惩罚）
- He was publicly flogged for breaking the country's alcohol laws.他因违犯国家的酒法而被当众处以鞭刑。
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- publicly
phrases
- flog somebody to death
(British English, informal) to sell something to somebody出售（某物给某人）
- flog something (to somebody) She flogged her guitar to another student.她把吉他卖给另一个同学。
- flog something (off) We buy them cheaply and then flog them off at a profit.我们低价买下这些，然后卖出获利。
- flog somebody something I had a letter from a company trying to flog me insurance.我收到了一家公司的信，向我推销保险。

Word Originlate 17th cent. (originally slang): perhaps imitative, or from Latin flagellare ‘to whip’, from flagellum ‘whip’.

Idioms

flog a dead horse

(North American English also beat a dead horse)

(informal) to waste your effort by trying to do something that is no longer possible鞭策死马；做徒劳无益的事

flog something to death

(British English, informal) to use an idea, a story, etc. so often that it is no longer interesting多次重复（想法、故事等）而使人失去兴趣
- The story has been flogged to death in the press.这个故事已经在媒体上被打死了。