*Flogging a dead horse* (alternatively *beating a dead horse*, or
*beating a dead dog* in some parts of the Anglophone
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English-speaking_world> world) is an
idiom <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiom> that means a particular
request or line of conversation is already foreclosed or otherwise
resolved, and any attempt to continue it is futile; or that to continue
in any endeavour (physical, mental, etc.) is a waste of time as the
outcome is already decided.
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