Don’t waste time beating a dead dog Home The Lexicon Don’t waste time beating a dead dog Thumbnail Phrase or WordDon’t waste time beating a dead dogDefinitionSame as flogging or beating a dead horseLanguageEnglishTypeFaunamorphSubcategoryCaninesGrammatical SubcategorySayings/Similes/Aphorisms/Proverbs Previous itemLet’s not let the tail wag the dog Next itemYou can’t teach an old dog new tricks
