flog

flog
transitive verb,
-gg-
1) auspeitschen

flog a dead horse — (fig.) seine Kraft und Zeit verschwenden

flog something to death — (fig.) etwas zu Tode reiten

2) (Brit. sl.): (sell) verscheuern (salopp)
* * *
[floɡ]
past tense, past participle - flogged; verb
(to beat; to whip: You will be flogged for stealing the money.) peitschen
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- flog a dead horse
* * *
flog
<-gg->
[flɒg, AM flɑ:g]
vt
1. (punish)
to \flog sb jdn prügeln [o züchtigen]; with a whip jdn auspeitschen (for wegen +gen)
2. BRIT (fam: sell)
to \flog sth etw verscheuern fam [o sl verkloppen] [o SCHWEIZ verscherbeln
3.
to be \flogging a dead horse (fam) seine Kraft und Zeit verschwenden
to \flog sth to death (fam) etw zum hundertsten Mal durchkauen [o zu Tode reiten] pej fam
to \flog oneself to death sich akk zu Tode rackern fam
to \flog oneself into the ground sich akk völlig verausgaben
* * *
[flɒg]
vt
1) (= beat) prügeln, schlagen; thief, mutineer auspeitschen

you're flogging a dead horse ( esp Brit inf ) — Sie verschwenden Ihre Zeit

2) (Brit inf = sell) verkloppen, verscherbeln, losschlagen (all inf)
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flog [flɒɡ; US flɑɡ]
A v/t
1. prügeln, schlagen:
flog a dead horse fig
a) offene Türen einrennen
b) seine Zeit verschwenden;
flog sth to death fig etwas zu Tode reiten
2. auspeitschen
3. antreiben:
flog along vorwärtstreiben
4. besonders Br flog sth into sb jemandem etwas einbläuen;
flog sth out of sb jemandem etwas austreiben
5. Br umg verkaufen
B v/i (hin und her) schlagen:
the awnings were flogging in the wind
* * *
transitive verb,
-gg-
1) auspeitschen

flog a dead horse — (fig.) seine Kraft und Zeit verschwenden

flog something to death — (fig.) etwas zu Tode reiten

2) (Brit. sl.): (sell) verscheuern (salopp)
* * *
v.
peitschen v.

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