dead horse
noun
: an exhausted or profitless topic or issue
—usually used in the phrases beat a dead horse and flog a dead horse
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Maybe Unify will end up as a hyper-realistic AI companion that looks like Florentino Perez, or an app that measures your level of hubris, like the one that tracks your steps, or a simulator that allows users to relieve stress by flogging dead horses.
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Rory Smith, The Athletic, 18 Dec. 2024
No Business Like Show Business By 1900, The Billboard covered more than best (and worst) practices for bill posters, who early issues reported would glue ads on ash cans, piles of bricks and even, according to the first issue, a dead horse.
—Joe Lynch, Billboard, 9 Dec. 2024
Overall Might as well keep beating this poor, dead horse.
—Gary Davenport, The Athletic, 5 Aug. 2024
Just a sanger with a beef snag and a bit of dead horse.
—Claire Reilly, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
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Rory Smith, The Athletic, 18 Dec. 2024
No Business Like Show Business By 1900, The Billboard covered more than best (and worst) practices for bill posters, who early issues reported would glue ads on ash cans, piles of bricks and even, according to the first issue, a dead horse.
—Joe Lynch, Billboard, 9 Dec. 2024
Overall Might as well keep beating this poor, dead horse.
—Gary Davenport, The Athletic, 5 Aug. 2024
Just a sanger with a beef snag and a bit of dead horse.
—Claire Reilly, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Dead horse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dead%20horse. Accessed 2 Jan. 2025.
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