flog a dead horse
To attempt to get more out of something that cannot give more; to attempt to arouse fresh interest in something that is either hopeless or already settled.
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publicly
The soldier was publicly flogged in front of the entire regiment as punishment.
PHRASES
flog sb to death
verb
To whip or scourge as punishment.
To use something to extreme; to abuse.
I did seven laps of Fyshwick with the mechanic today. I was turning lots of heads on the last few, people must of thought I was nuts, flogging the car then stopping, then driving slow then flogging it again.
To sell.
And then there's my part time job at Telstra Bigpond flogging their cable network for just $67.55/month long term cost, a BARGAIN, and the other part time job flogging Foxtel at something like $50/month.
Flanders was able to flog his piece of land, for which he had originally paid £4,000, to one of the largest gold-mining corporations for something like a couple of million smackers.
To steal something.
To defeat easily or convincingly.
The Swannies got on a real roll over rounds 16/17 & 18 of 1987. In consecutive SCG matches, they flogged the Eags 30.21 to 10.11, followed that with a 36.20 to 11.7 demolition of the Dons and finally a 31.12 to 15.17 thrashing of Richmond.
Anyone with cable watch this on ESPN "History of Cricket" last night? Australia got flogged by an innings in the fourth test.
noun
A contemptible, often arrogant person; a wanker.
It follows the ejection of a supporter who allegedly ran towards umpire Mathew Nicholls while calling him a "bald-headed flog" at half-time of the Carlton-Brisbane Lions match last Saturday.
noun
A weblog designed to look authentic, but actually developed as part of a commercial marketing strategy to promote some product or service.
Though a handful of viral videos and flogs have captured significant interest, the vast majority hardly register with consumers.
An element more problematic […] in the move of corporate communications and practices online is the sometimes masked nature of such initiatives, for example through blogola and flogs.
To attempt to get more out of something that cannot give more; to attempt to arouse fresh interest in something that is either hopeless or already settled.
To masturbate by stimulating one's penis.
To masturbate by stimulating one's penis.
He was a normal horny boy who flogged the log with the best of them.
To attempt to get more out of something that cannot give more; to attempt to arouse fresh interest in something that is either hopeless or already settled.
[…] much greater impact on actual practice when the topic wasn't flogging a dead pony (advocating a change already wide-spread) […]
I did seven laps of Fyshwick with the mechanic today. I was turning lots of heads on the last few, people must of thought I was nuts, flogging the car then stopping, then driving slow then flogging it
WiktionaryAnd then there's my part time job at Telstra Bigpond flogging their cable network for just $67.55/month long term cost, a BARGAIN, and the other part time job flogging Foxtel at something like $50/mon
WiktionaryFlanders was able to flog his piece of land, for which he had originally paid £4,000, to one of the largest gold-mining corporations for something like a couple of million smackers.
WiktionaryIt follows the ejection of a supporter who allegedly ran towards umpire Mathew Nicholls while calling him a "bald-headed flog" at half-time of the Carlton-Brisbane Lions match last Saturday.
WiktionaryThough a handful of viral videos and flogs have captured significant interest, the vast majority hardly register with consumers.
WiktionaryAn element more problematic […] in the move of corporate communications and practices online is the sometimes masked nature of such initiatives, for example through blogola and flogs.
Wiktionaryi Register
In some senses, flog is marked as slang, derogatory, informal, UK. Watch for register when choosing this word.