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Topic	Who was the asshole beating dead horses?
HunkDude 06/08/19 6:25:06 AM #6:	ImmatureContent posted... It means beating them in a race. Horses are fast, so if you want to outrun one you have to wait until it is dead. But that is clearly cheating, which is where the saying comes into play. i think you got it wrong. i think the beating dead horse means you are just doing something useless. People usually beat the horse with a whip to get it run faster, but it won't do anything to a dead horse <cite>HunkDude posted [p:922957075] in Who was th... [t:77770684]...</cite> <quote><cite>ImmatureContent posted...</cite> <quote>It means beating them in a race. Horses are fast, so if you want to outrun one you have to wait until it is dead. But that is clearly cheating, which is where the saying comes into play.</quote> i think you got it wrong. i think the beating dead horse means you are just doing something useless. People usually beat the horse with a whip to get it run faster, but it won't do anything to a dead horse</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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