dead horse的用法和樣例:
例句
- He's flogging a dead horse in trying to persuade people to use canals instead of roads.
他拚命地勸人不要使用公路而去使用運河,真是枉費口舌。 - It is useless to flog a dead horse.
鞭打死馬,徒勞無益。 - Alimony is like buying oats for a dead horse.
給離婚妻子的贍養費,等於給死馬買燕麥。
辭彙搭配
- pay for a dead horse 花冤枉錢
- mount on a dead horse [口]重提早已解決了...
- flog a dead horse 徒勞無益
- beat a dead horse 重提早已解決了的問題...
- work for a dead horse 從事不可能有報酬的工...