flog a dead pony
verbDefinitions
To attempt to get more out of something that cannot give more
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) […]
- Now was not the time to lose her temper. He was baiting her, and going over the Brazil incident was like flogging a dead pony. She was tired and the pony was past caring.
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