(colloquial) trying to get satisfaction from something that cannot or can no longer give it. From a person who beats a horse to make it g o even though it is dead, thus doing something that is completely useless. —SHSBC Binder 32 Approved Glossary
BEATING A DEAD HORSE
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(colloquial) trying to get satisfaction from something that cannot or can no longer give it. From a person who beats a horse to make it go even though it is dead, thus doing something that is completely useless.-see DEAD HORSE, BEATING A.