DEAD HORSE

Meaning of DEAD HORSE in English

Function: noun

Date: 1830

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

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

DEAD HORSE — noun Date: 1830 an exhausted or profitless topic or issue
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
DEAD HORSE — noun 1. : advance wages for work working off a dead horse : an old debt paying for a dead …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DEAD HORSE — 1. something that has ceased to be useful or relevant. 2. beat or flog a dead horse , to persist …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DEAD HORSE — something that is no longer useful or relevant; dead matter
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
DEAD HORSE — Date: 1830 : an exhausted or profitless topic or issue — usually used in the phrases beat a dead horse …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DEAD HORSE — [dead horse] n (1830): an exhausted or profitless topic or issue--usu. used in the phrases beat a dead horse and …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DEAD HORSE — To work for the dead horse; to work for wages already paid.
Slang English vocab
DEAD HORSE — n. ( colloq. ) a topic that has been exhausted to beat a ~
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
DEAD HORSE — работа, за которую было заплачено вперед (разговорное) оплаченная заранее работа
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DEAD HORSE — разг. оплаченная заранее работа
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
DEAD HORSE — beat a dead horse - продолжать делать что-то, что не приводит к желаемому результату; напрасно стараться; ворошить прошлое; стегать дохлую …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
DEAD HORSE — разг. оплаченная заранее работа
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
DEAD HORSE — разг. оплаченная заранее работа
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DEAD HORSE — работа
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DEAD HORSE — работа
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DEAD HORSE — работа, за которую было заплачено вперед
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
DEAD HORSE — работа, за которую было заплачено вперед
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
DEAD HORSE — работа, за которую было заплачено вперед
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
DEAD HORSE — работа, за которую было заплачено вперед
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
DEAD HORSE — beat a dead horse - продолжать делать что-то, что не приводит к желаемому результату; напрасно стараться; ворошить прошлое; стегать дохлую лошадь; носить …
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
DEAD HORSE — n infml The whole business is a dead horse — Пора забыть обо всей этой истории Enough of this. The picture is …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики - Глазунов
DEAD HORSE — n infml The whole business is a dead horse — Пора забыть обо всей этой истории Enough of this. The …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики
DEAD HORSE — dead horse n infml The whole business is a dead horse Пора забыть обо всей этой истории Enough of this. …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
DEAD HORSE — The whole business is a dead horse — Пора забыть обо всей этой истории Enough of this. The picture is …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современного неформального английского
DEAD HORSE — работа, за которую было заплачено вперед (разговорное) оплаченная заранее работа
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
HORSE — I Equus caballus ) long used by humans as a means of transport and as a draft animal. Its earliest …
Английский словарь Британика
HORSE — I. R ˈhȯ(ə)rs, - R ˈhȯ(ə)s, dial R ˈhȯs or ˈhä(r)s - R ˈhäs noun ( plural horses also horse …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DEAD — I. ˈded adjective ( sometimes -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English deed, from Old English dēad; akin to Old High German …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HORSE
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DEAD — — deadness , n. /ded/ , adj., deader, deadest , n. , adv. adj. 1. no longer living; deprived of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HORSE
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DEAD — I. ˈded adjective Etymology: Middle English deed, from Old English dēad; akin to Old Norse dauthr dead, deyja to die, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HORSE — noun ·see footrope, ·adj. 2. horse ·vi to get on horseback. 3. horse ·adj a breastband for a leadsman. 4. …
Webster English vocab
DEAD — adj bringing death; deadly. 2. dead ·adj destitute of life; inanimate; as, dead matter. 3. dead ·noun one who is …
Webster English vocab
HORSE
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DEAD — [dead] adj [ME deed, fr. OE dead; akin to ON dauthr dead, deyja to die, OHG tot dead--more at die] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HORSE — a hoofed, herbivorous mammal of the family Equidae. It comprises a single species, Equus caballus, whose numerous varieties are called …
Britannica English vocabulary
DEAD — dead BrE AmE ded ▷ deader ˈded ə AmE \ - ə r ▷ deadest ˈded ɪst -əst ▶ ˌ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
HORSE — / hɔːs; NAmE hɔːrs/ noun , verb ■ noun 1. a large animal with four legs, a mane (= long …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DEAD — / ded; NAmE / adjective , noun , adverb ■ adjective NOT ALIVE 1. no longer alive : My mother's …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HORSE — I. horse 1 S1 W1 /hɔːs $ hɔːrs/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: hors ] 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DEAD — I. dead 1 S1 W1 /ded/ BrE AmE adjective [no comparative] [ Word Family: noun : ↑ dead , ↑ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HORSE — n. & v. --n. 1 a a solid-hoofed plant-eating quadruped, Equus caballus, with flowing mane and tail, used for riding …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DEAD — adj., adv., & n. --adj. 1 no longer alive. 2 colloq. extremely tired or unwell. 3 benumbed; affected by loss …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HORSE — n. & v. n. 1 a a solid-hoofed plant-eating quadruped, Equus caballus, with flowing mane and tail, used for riding …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DEAD — adj., adv., & n. adj. 1 no longer alive. 2 colloq. extremely tired or unwell. 3 benumbed; affected by loss …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HORSE — n. & v. --n. 1. a a solid-hoofed plant-eating quadruped, Equus caballus, with flowing mane and tail, used for riding …
Oxford English vocab
DEAD — adj., adv., & n. --adj. 1. no longer alive. 2 colloq. extremely tired or unwell. 3 benumbed; affected by loss …
Oxford English vocab
HORSE — ( horses) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A horse is a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DEAD — Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A person, animal, or plant that …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HORSE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a horse/boat/bike etc race ▪ It’s legal to gamble on horse races. charley horse …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DEAD
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DEAD — (COMPLETE) [adjective] [before noun], [adverb] [not gradable] - complete(ly)The braking system enables the car to come from 100 km an …
Cambridge English vocab
HORSE — n. American Saddle Horse Arabian horse Crazy Horse cutting horse horse racing horse chestnut family pommel horse side horse Przewalski's …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
HORSE — n. Equine species ( Equus caballus ) long used by humans as a means of transport and as a draft …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
HORSE
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
HORSE — See: BET ON THE WRONG HORSE, CART BEFORE THE HORSE, CHANGE HORSES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREAM or CHANGE …
Slang English vocab
DEAD — INDEX: 1. no longer alive RELATED WORDS opposite ↑ ALIVE body of a dead person : ↑ BODY see also …
Longman Activator English vocab
HORSE — n. 25B6; noun MOUNT, charger, cob, nag, hack; pony, foal, yearling, colt, stallion, gelding, mare, filly; N. Amer. bronco; Austral./NZ …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
DEAD — n. 25B6; adjective my parents are dead : PASSED ON/AWAY, expired, departed, gone, no more; late, lost, lamented; perished, fallen, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
DEAD — adj. 1 deceased, defunct, extinct, gone, departed, late, lifeless, no more, Colloq done for, Slang Brit gone for a burton …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
HORSE — See: BET ON THE WRONG HORSE, CART BEFORE THE HORSE, CHANGE HORSES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREAM or CHANGE …
Словарь английских идиом
HORSE — The most striking feature in the biblical notices of the horse is the exclusive application of it to warlike operations; …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
HORSE — 1. сущ. 1) а) конь, лошадь; скаковая лошадь to break (in) a horse ≈ приучать лошадь к поводьям to breed, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary

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