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WutWhoSaidDat t1_jcty3hs wrote

Reply to comment by leBigTuner22 in Beating a dead horse is a lot more humane than beating a live one. by AtlasShrunked

That is not at all the implication of the phrase. Stop making shit up.

Edit: You’re beating a dead horse. Where the fuck is the implication you were beating it before it died? I’ll wait for the downvoters to fill me in.

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OSRS_Rising t1_jcu6sdz wrote

“The origin of the expression ‘beat a dead horse’ comes from the mid-19th century, when the practice of beating horses to make them go faster was often viewed as acceptable. To beat a dead horse would be pointless, as it wouldn't be able to go anywhere.”

https://www.gingersoftware.com/content/phrases/beat-a-dead-horse/#

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flogging_a_dead_horse

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WutWhoSaidDat t1_jcu84u0 wrote

Yea, you seem capable of reading, but not comprehending. That doesn’t imply at all you were beating it until it died.

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OSRS_Rising t1_jcu90wk wrote

No need to be rude, I don’t recall being rude to you. If I came across that way, I apologize. 🙂

The opposite of beating a dead horse is beating a live horse.

The phrase, “beating a dead horse” means doing something that is accomplishing nothing.

So, beating a live horse means doing something that is accomplishing something.

The phrase has meaning because it’s implied the beater (or flogger) has just been doing something over and over again long passed the point of it being useful.

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