Le 11 mai 07 à 02:38 Matin, Terry Ford a écrit: > On May 10, 2007, at 5:16 PM, Arnaud Nicolet wrote: > >> Le 11 mai 07 à 01:06 Matin, Terry Ford a écrit: >> >>> PS. No use flogging a dead horse either. ;-) >> >> It's certainly funny, but I don't know much about expressions in >> english (not my natural language). I would like to laugh, though ;-) > > That would be appropriate. > > "Flogging a dead Horse" means simply this: > > "If someone is trying to convince people to do or feel something > without any hope of succeeding, they're flogging a dead horse. This > is used when someone is trying to raise interest in an issue that no- > one supports anymore; beating a dead horse will not make it do any > more work." > > <http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/flogging+a+dead > +horse.html> > > Cheers, > > Terry
Ok, thank you very much. I'm smiling so. _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
