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beat a dead horse

verb

Definitions

  1. To persist or continue far beyond any purpose, interest or reason.

    • After having shown us three hours of instructional and safety videos, the inspector was simply beating a dead horse by telling us to buckle up as we got into the van.
    • The library director believes the argument about “professionalism” is a “dead horse we should stop beating.”

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