Flog something to death In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "flog something to death", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

author Tommy Tran calendar 2021-09-27 11:09

Meaning of Flog something to death

Flog something to death British informal verb phrase

To use, do, or say something so often that people become bored with it

Do you have anything else to say? You've flogged this joke to death.

Do you know you've flogged it to death?

Other phrases about:

flap (one's) chops

To talk continuously about things that are silly or unimportant
 

flap (one's) gums

To talk for a long time about unimportant things

Cherry ripe

1. Used as rhyming slang for the pipe
2. Used to indicate nonsensical or foolish talk
3. Used to indicate a situation in which a girl is on her period and wipes the toilet paper with a red spot that looks like a cherry ripe.
 

wag one’s chin

To talk constantly.

flap (one's) jaws

To blather or chatter; to talk aimlessly or meaninglessly.

Grammar and Usage of Flog something to death

Verb Forms

  • flogged something to death
  • flogging something to death
  • flogs something to death

The verb "flog" should be conjugated according to its tense.

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