2016年5月9日 星期一

up to no good. flog/beat a dead horse

"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.

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