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JamesR624 t1_jctglsp wrote

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

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

Not sure how you managed to come to this conclusion.

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IIIhateusernames t1_jcthhh7 wrote

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.

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MinniesWorld t1_jcu5hbc wrote

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

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IIIhateusernames t1_jcuci1f wrote

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

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MinniesWorld t1_jcvgu57 wrote

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

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