Today, we talk about beating a dead horse.
今天，我们谈论的是“beating a dead horse”。
| 单词 | Beating a dead horse |
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Beating a dead horse
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VOA慢速英语_单词故事 Today, we talk about beating a dead horse. 今天，我们谈论的是“beating a dead horse”。 VOA慢速英语_单词故事 But beating a dead horse would be pointless – because it's dead. 但抽打一匹死马是没有意义的——因为它已经死了。 VOA Special 2014年6月合集 Sometimes a person fights a battle that has been decided or keeps arguing a question that has been settled. We say this is like " beating a dead horse." 有时，一个人可能一直就已经决定了的战争而战斗，或者一直争论已经解决了的问题。我们说，这简直是白费口舌(就好象beating a dead horse)。 VOA词汇精讲 If you don't want to say to them, " Now you're just beating a dead horse, " you can say, " Look, we've gone over the same ground and nothing has changed. So, can we please change the topic? " 如果你不想对他们说，“现在你只是在做无用功”，你可以说，“看，我们已经讨论过同样的问题，没有任何改变。所以，我们能不能换个话题？”
英语百科
Flogging a dead horseFlogging a dead horse (alternatively beating a dead horse, or beating a dead dog in some parts of the Anglophone world) is an idiom that means a particular request or line of conversation is already foreclosed or otherwise resolved, and any attempt to continue it is futile; or that to continue in any endeavour (physical, mental, etc.) is a waste of time as the outcome is already decided. |
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