dead horse

dead horse

noun

Definition of DEAD HORSE

: an exhausted or profitless topic or issue —usually used in the phrases beat a dead horse and flog a dead horse

First Known Use of DEAD HORSE

1830

Rhymes with DEAD HORSE

clotheshorse, concourse, crash course, dark horse, dawn horse, deforce, discourse, divorce, dray horse, endorse, enforce, extrorse, golf course, gut course, high horse, introrse, iron horse, midcourse, of course, Old Norse, one-horse, packhorse, perforce, post-horse, racecourse, racehorse, recourse, redhorse, remorse, resource, retrorse, sawhorse, sea horse, stringcourse, trial horse, unhorse, warhorse, wheelhorse, Whitehorse, workhorse