flog a dead pony (English, verb)
expansion: flog a dead pony (third-person singular simple present flogs a dead pony, present participle flogging a dead pony, simple past and past participle flogged a dead pony)
Senses:
glosses: To attempt to get more out of something that cannot give more; to attempt to arouse fresh interest in something that is either hopeless or already settled.
tags: idiomatic
Forms:
form: flogs a dead pony
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: flogging a dead pony
tags: participle
present
form: flogged a dead pony
tags: participle
past
form: flogged a dead pony
tags: past