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flog

verb
/flɒɡ/
/flɑːɡ/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they flog
/flɒɡ/
/flɑːɡ/
he / she / it flogs
/flɒɡz/
/flɑːɡz/
past simple flogged
/flɒɡd/
/flɑːɡd/
past participle flogged
/flɒɡd/
/flɑːɡd/
-ing form flogging
/ˈflɒɡɪŋ/
/ˈflɑːɡɪŋ/
Idioms
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  1. [often passive] flog somebody to punish somebody by hitting them many times with a whip or stick鞭笞,棒打(作为惩罚)
    • He was publicly flogged for breaking the country's alcohol laws.他因违犯国家的酒法而被当众处以鞭刑。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • publicly
    phrases
    • flog somebody to death
    See full entry
  2. (British English, informal) to sell something to somebody出售(某物给某人)
    • flog something (to somebody) She flogged her guitar to another student.她把吉他卖给另一个同学。
    • flog something (off) We buy them cheaply and then flog them off at a profit.我们低价买下这些,然后卖出获利。
    • flog somebody something I had a letter from a company trying to flog me insurance.我收到了一家公司的信,向我推销保险。
  3. Word Originlate 17th cent. (originally slang): perhaps imitative, or from Latin flagellare ‘to whip’, from flagellum ‘whip’.
Idioms
flog a dead horse
(North American English also beat a dead horse)
  1. (informal) to waste your effort by trying to do something that is no longer possible鞭策死马;做徒劳无益的事
flog something to death
  1. (British English, informal) to use an idea, a story, etc. so often that it is no longer interesting多次重复(想法、故事等)而使人失去兴趣
    • The story has been flogged to death in the press.这个故事在报纸上被大肆报道。

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