Definition of beat a dead horse
beat a dead horse
- to bring up a subject that was resolved (or should have been resolved) long ago.
by WalterGR, Aug 11 2009.
Slang terms with the same root words:
- horse: charley horse – dark horse – (show 11 more)
- dead: be dead meat – cut somebody dead – (show 19 more)
- beat: bad beat – beat – (show 29 more)
- a: 12 points short of a pica – a – (show 530 more)
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