" it is not my predilection to go beating a dead horse . . . but i have little pity for a cannibal . 我没兴趣对死人出手. . .但是我也不会同情吃人的家伙。
We discussed some incidents that had happened long ago . it was really flogging a dead horse 我们讨论了一些很早以前发生的事，实在是“炒冷饭” ，毫无意思。
Stop asking me . you ' re flogging a dead horse . i don ' t want to go and i ' ve told you that a hundred times 别问我了。你这样做是徒劳的。我不想去，已经告诉你一百遍了。
You ' re flogging a dead horse by asking jim to lend you money - he hasn ' t even enough money for himself 你要吉姆借钱给你，这简直是痴心妄想，他的钱甚到不够他自己花呢。
The road along which they marched was strewn on both sides with the carcases of dead horses . the tattered soldiers , stragglers from different regiments , were continually changing , joining the column as it marched , and dropping behind it again 沿途两旁，到处是死马各个部队掉了队的士兵，衣衫褴褛，他们时而走进行进中的纵队，时而又掉队，不断变换着。
" cure a dead horse as if it were alive " is the motto of first - aid workers , who do not easily give up due to their respect for life and sincerity in helping people . instructor zheng cited one example about a little girl who saved her grandfather s life by doing cpr cardiopulmonary resuscitation continually for four hours 死马当活马医是急救员对生命的尊重与热诚助人的不轻易妥协精神，他举例：曾有一位小女孩以cpr心肺复苏术持续四小时救回爷爷的生命。
Like horses crowding , snorting , and starting round a dead horse , numbers of familiar and unfamiliar figures crowded round the coffinthe marshal , and the village elder , and peasant women , and all with scared and fascinated eyes , crossed themselves , and bowed down and kissed the cold , stiff hand of the old prince 正如一些马向一匹死马飞快扑过去，拥挤在一起，打着响鼻一样，家里的人和外来的人都挤在客厅里，挤在棺材周围县首长村长妇女们都瞪着惊惶的眼睛，划着十字，鞠躬吻老公爵冰凉而僵硬的手。
We kept our arms ready , and our eyes about us , but we saw no more wolves , till we came thro that wood , which was near half a league , and entred the plain ; as soon as we came into the plain , we had occasion enough to look about us : the first object we met with , was a dead horse ; that is to say , a poor horse which the wolves had kill d , and at least a dozen of them at work ; we could not say eating of him , but picking of his bones rather ; for they had eaten up all the flesh before 可是在我们穿过那座一英里多长的树林，进入平川地以前，再也没有看见过别的狼。等我们一进入平川，向四下一望，头一眼就见到一匹死马。这是一匹被狼群咬死的马，同时见到至少有十二条狼在那里大吃特吃其实，马肉早就给它们吃光了，现在正在啃马骨头呢！
