To beat/flog a dead horse
Definition: To waste time trying to do something that will not succeed.
如果你去鞭打一頭死馬，它會(huì)有什么反應(yīng)呢？當(dāng)然是什么作用也不起。那么這個(gè)慣用語就是徒勞無益、白費(fèi)功夫的意思。英英主要使用Flog a dead horse，而beat a dead horse及flog a dead horse都可見于美英。而且這個(gè)短語常常用進(jìn)行時(shí)。如：You're beating/flogging a dead horse trying to persuade Simon to come to Spain with us-he hates going abroad. 再如：Do you think it's worth sending my manuscript to other publishers or am I just beating a dead horse?
Example dialog:
A: Let's not talk about it any more. Okay?
我們別談這件事了，行嗎？
B: You're right. There's no use beating a dead horse
你說的對(duì)。再談也是白談。
Definition: To waste time trying to do something that will not succeed.
如果你去鞭打一頭死馬，它會(huì)有什么反應(yīng)呢？當(dāng)然是什么作用也不起。那么這個(gè)慣用語就是徒勞無益、白費(fèi)功夫的意思。英英主要使用Flog a dead horse，而beat a dead horse及flog a dead horse都可見于美英。而且這個(gè)短語常常用進(jìn)行時(shí)。如：You're beating/flogging a dead horse trying to persuade Simon to come to Spain with us-he hates going abroad. 再如：Do you think it's worth sending my manuscript to other publishers or am I just beating a dead horse?
Example dialog:
A: Let's not talk about it any more. Okay?
我們別談這件事了，行嗎？
B: You're right. There's no use beating a dead horse
你說的對(duì)。再談也是白談。