| 单词 | flog |
| 释义 | flog (flɒg ) Word forms: flogs , flogging , flogged 1. verb If someone tries to flog something, they try to sell it. [British, informal] They are trying to flog their house. [VERB noun] Synonyms: sell, market, trade, dispose of 2. verb If someone is flogged, they are hit very hard with a whip or stick as a punishment. In these places people starved, were flogged, were clubbed to death. [be VERB-ed] Flog them soundly. [VERB noun] Synonyms: beat, whip, lash, thrash flogging Word forms: floggings variable noun He was sentenced to a flogging and life imprisonment. He urged the restoration of hanging and flogging. Synonyms: beating, hiding [informal], whipping, lashing 3. to flog a dead horse phrase If you say that someone is flogging a dead horse, you mean that they are trying to achieve something impossible. [informal] Idioms: flog a dead horse [British] or beat a dead horse to waste your time trying to achieve something that cannot be done They'reexhausted. You're flogging a dead horse. You have some talented boys but they're playing like run-down machines. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers |
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