How did the slang meaning of "flog" come about?
May 7, 2011 · 2019 - the word flog has made it into Australian slang - quoting the Age newspaper article by Matilda Boseley from June 8, 2019: A Carlton supporter has been evicted from …
idioms - Flog meaning to sell in "Flogging a dead horse" - English ...
Oct 19, 2013 · It's certainly valid to say "flogging a dead horse" to mean "selling a dead horse", but "flogging a dead horse" is an idiom meaning you're doing something pointless: whipping a …
idioms - What is an alternative (more positive) analogy to "beating …
Jul 17, 2012 · Stop beating banging your head against a wall, if you wish to avoid unsavoury animal-cruelty based clichés.. I think you were almost there since the usual form of the cliché …
Origin of "the beatings will continue until morale improves"
The earliest closely relevant match I've been able to find for this expression is from a cartoon by Lt. B.E. Lodge, U.S. Navy, submitted for the All-Navy Cartoon Contest and published in All …
slang - What is the origin of the word "wog"? - English Language ...
May 11, 2011 · 'Wog' is a word first applied to local inhabitants (Chinese) by British troops stationed in Hong Kong, B.C.C. The British High Commissioner issued a bulletin to all British …
Origin of "tan someone's hide" as in "I'm gonna tan your hide"
Dec 19, 2017 · Doubling back to Brockett's 1825 glossary, and an 1830 publication by Robert Forby (Vocabulary of East Anglia, a vocabulary which the title page advertises as having been …
meaning - Don't look a gift-horse in the mouth - English Language ...
Dec 1, 2013 · It is rude to be critical of a gift. Traditionally, one checks the health of a horse by examining its mouth. (Serial numbers are often tattooed on the inner lip of a horse, for tracking …
Origin of the phrase, "There's more than one way to skin a cat."
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orthography - Waling vs wailing vs whaling upon - English …
May 22, 2017 · To beat, flog, thrash. 1790 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. (ed. 2) Whale, to beat with a horsewhip or pliant stick. transf. intr. To do something implied by the context continuously or …
meaning - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
verbero to lash, beat, whip, flog diverbero to cudgel soundly everbero to strike violently, to hit hard contundo to pound percutio (percussum) to strike hard, pierce, transfix, shock incutio to strike …