Flog something to death
verb
To continue discussing or mentioning a subject or idea until it is no longer interesting or useful.
The manager keeps flogging the same change strategy to death but everyone is fed up of hearing about it.
Often appears as...
- flog the issue to death
- flog the idea to death
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Idiomatic
verb
To continue discussing or mentioning a subject or idea until it is no longer interesting or useful.
The manager keeps flogging the same change strategy to death but everyone is fed up of hearing about it.
Often appears as...
- flog the issue to death
- flog the idea to death
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Idiomatic
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Overuse Warning
Use the phrase sparingly to avoid sounding repetitive or boring your audience.
After the fifth meeting about efficiency, he began to flog the topic to death.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Tone
This phrase often implies frustration or annoyance with how much a subject is repeated.
She flogged her argument to death, and we were all irritated by the end.
Pro Tip 3/3Conversation Shift
Suggest changing the subject if someone is flogging a point to death, to keep conversations fresh.
Can we talk about something new? You've flogged that rumor to death.
Pro Tip 1/3Overuse Warning
Use the phrase sparingly to avoid sounding repetitive or boring your audience.
After the fifth meeting about efficiency, he began to flog the topic to death.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Tone
This phrase often implies frustration or annoyance with how much a subject is repeated.
She flogged her argument to death, and we were all irritated by the end.
Pro Tip 3/3Conversation Shift
Suggest changing the subject if someone is flogging a point to death, to keep conversations fresh.
Can we talk about something new? You've flogged that rumor to death.
Pro Tip 1/3Overuse Warning
Use the phrase sparingly to avoid sounding repetitive or boring your audience.
After the fifth meeting about efficiency, he began to flog the topic to death.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Tone
This phrase often implies frustration or annoyance with how much a subject is repeated.
She flogged her argument to death, and we were all irritated by the end.
Pro Tip 3/3Conversation Shift
Suggest changing the subject if someone is flogging a point to death, to keep conversations fresh.
Can we talk about something new? You've flogged that rumor to death.
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