beat a dead horse
Meaning: To argue or pursue a point or topic without the possibility of success.
Language: English
Literally: (Already vivid in English)
Category: Animals
Origin: The expression is usually used to describe verbal communication.
More idioms — Animals
- big fish in a small pond — A person who is considered important primarily because the place or setting is small.
- black sheep — An outcast.
- bug — To bother, annoy, or irritate mildly.
- bull in a china shop — Insensitive to delicate situations; to be so clumsy that one breaks things inadvertently.
- chicken — Scared; frightened.
- chicken out — To become too frightened to do something; to lose one's nerve.
More English idioms
- clam up — To not say anything.
- cock-and-bull story — A story that is too unlikely to be believed.
- cook someone's goose — To ruin someone's plans.
- crocodile tears — False, exaggerated tears.
- cry wolf — To raise a false alarm or exaggerate so often that one is no longer believed.
- dark horse — A competitor who is little-known by most people but who is expected to win by someone mor…
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