"The lady just looked at me, looked at my writing of mysterious formulae, and concluded I was up to no good."
flog a dead horse
British Waste energy on a lost cause or unalterable situation.
Example sentences
- It is his desire to gallop across the Cote d' Azure every morning that has concentrated his mind on avoiding a situation developing wherein he might be flogging a dead horse.
- I ran it for six years in the 1980s but I soon realised I was flogging a dead horse.
- It's true that blogging can sometimes seem like flogging a dead horse.
Urban Dictionary: beating a dead horse
up to no good
Doing something wrong.
Example sentences
- Of course now that I am the parent, it would be wrong to assume that the teens I know are up to no good, so I work hard to give them the benefit of the doubt.
- Although, one of my ex-creditors had reported me as still living at an address I left eight years ago, which could be problematic if a subsequent resident got up to no good.
- Even after the trial, he may have been followed by British intelligence agents, who may have felt he continued to be up to no good.
flog
/flɒɡ/
verb
- 1.beat (someone) with a whip or stick as a punishment."the men had been flogged and branded on the forehead"Similar:whipscourgeflagellatelashbirchswitchtanstrapbeltcanethrashbeatleathertan/whip someone's hidegive someone a hiding
- 2.informal•Britishsell or offer for sale."he made a fortune flogging beads to hippies"Similar:sellput on saleput up for saleoffer for salevendretailtrade indeal intraffic inpeddlehawkadvertisepush
noun
informal•British
- an arduous climb or struggle."a long flog up the mountainside"
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6 days ago — FLOG翻譯：懲罰, （作為懲罰）鞭笞，棒打, 出售, （尤指迅速或廉價地）出售。了解更多。
1. a : to beat with or as if with a rod or whip The sailors were flogged for attempting a mutiny. b : to criticize harshly He was flogged in the press for ...
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