English translation for "flog a dead horse"

白费力气
徒劳无益

Related Translations:

flog:  vt.(-gg-)1.鞭打；鞭挞。2.(抽打似地)扔放(钓丝)。3.驱使，迫使。4.〔英俚〕非法出售。5.〔俚语〕打败，胜过。6.严厉批评。短语和例子flog a horse along 策马前进。 flog laziness out of sb. 驱策某人使不再懒惰。 flog Latin into sb. 使人强记拉丁文。 flog a dead horse 徒劳无益。

flogging:  n.鞭打，笞打。

flogging traumata:  杖伤

leopard flog:  乳蛙

flogging molly:  鞭打娘娘腔鞭打懦夫

flogging trauma:  杖伤

flogging chisel:  清理铸件用大凿斩断凿子

giant flog:  巨人弗罗格

flogging hammer:  加工铸件用大锤

flog to death:  重复得使人生厌

Example Sentences:

	1.	It is useless to flog a dead horse 鞭打死马，徒劳无益。
	2.	I ' ve already made up my mind . there ' s no sense flogging a dead horse 我已经下了决心，不必再白费口舌了。
	3.	He ' s flogging a dead horse in trying to persuade people to use canals instead of roads 他拼命地劝人不要使用公路而去使用运河，真是枉费口舌。
	4.	We discussed some incidents that had happened long ago . it was really flogging a dead horse 我们讨论了一些很早以前发生的事，实在是“炒冷饭” ，毫无意思。
	5.	Stop asking me . you ' re flogging a dead horse . i don ' t want to go and i ' ve told you that a hundred times 别问我了。你这样做是徒劳的。我不想去，已经告诉你一百遍了。
	6.	You ' re flogging a dead horse by asking jim to lend you money - he hasn ' t even enough money for himself 你要吉姆借钱给你，这简直是痴心妄想，他的钱甚到不够他自己花呢。

Similar Words：

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