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flog a dead horse / beat a dead horse

idiom

बेकार की मेहनत करना, ख़त्म हो चुके मुद्दे को बार-बार उठाना

“flog a dead horse / beat a dead horse” का हिंदी में अर्थ है बेकार की मेहनत करना, ख़त्म हो चुके मुद्दे को बार-बार उठाना. In English, it means to waste effort on something that has already been decided or that cannot succeed.

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idiom
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    informal

    to waste effort on something that has already been decided or that cannot succeed

    बेकार की मेहनत करना, ख़त्म हो चुके मुद्दे को बार-बार उठाना

    • The plan has been rejected twice, so arguing for it again is just flogging a dead horse.
    • Radhika told her brother he was beating a dead horse by asking for a new phone every day.

    Main word horse