Advanced-Blackberry t1_jcsvvqq wrote on March 19, 2023 at 8:46 AM

Hmm. I didn’t think of that but that does make much more sense.

averyminya t1_jct04mr wrote on March 19, 2023 at 9:48 AM

Both work for their contexts

Jedi_Yeti t1_jcx99dl wrote on March 20, 2023 at 7:15 AM

This is the case after you beat it to death also

[deleted] t1_jcx9r3r wrote on March 20, 2023 at 7:22 AM

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JamesR624 t1_jctglsp wrote on March 19, 2023 at 1:06 PM

Uhhh no? The original comment is what the phrase is about.

Not sure how you managed to come to this conclusion.

IIIhateusernames t1_jcthhh7 wrote on March 19, 2023 at 1:14 PM

It's both. The rider rides the horse to death and is still hitting it with the riding crop to try and get something else out of the horse, but it's dead.

The phrase is used to say that you've covered all the potential material of a conversation and that continuing is pointless.... like beating a dead horse to get more work out of it.

MinniesWorld t1_jcu5hbc wrote on March 19, 2023 at 4:17 PM

You got it. Hopefully people will read this and understand.

IIIhateusernames t1_jcuci1f wrote on March 19, 2023 at 5:04 PM

I'm surprised that there are this many people that don't understand

MinniesWorld t1_jcvgu57 wrote on March 19, 2023 at 9:34 PM

I bet if you ask a lot of people where the source of expressions that they use came from they be completely clueless.

Beating a dead horse is a lot more humane than beating a live one.

[deleted] t1_jcsroq4 wrote on March 19, 2023 at 7:45 AM