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单词 flog a dead horse
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flog a dead horse

British Waste energy on a lost cause or unalterable situation.It is his desire to gallop across the Cote d' Azure every morning that has concentrated his mind on avoiding a situation developing wherein he might be flogging a dead horse....
  • I ran it for six years in the 1980s but I soon realised I was flogging a dead horse.
  • It's true that blogging can sometimes seem like flogging a dead horse.
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