🐴 Horse
"Don't beat a dead horse"
Meaning
Do not keep arguing about something already finished.
About the horse
Horses have long been work and racing animals, so their idioms describe effort, priorities, and stubborn resistance.
Example sentence
We already chose the restaurant, so don't beat a dead horse.
Test yourself
Which idiom means...
Do not keep arguing about something already finished.
More horse idioms
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"Straight from the horse's mouth"
Information received directly from the person who knows the truth.
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"Dark horse"
A person who surprises everyone by doing very well.
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"Hold your horses"
Wait a moment; do not rush.
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"Eat like a horse"
To eat a lot.
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"A horse of a different color"
A completely different matter.
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"Flogging a dead horse"
Wasting effort on something that cannot succeed.