كيف تنطق "flog to death"

expression

US

FLAHG tuh DETH

UK

flOG tuh DETH

التعريف

To discuss, criticize, or use a topic or idea so much that people get tired or bored of it. It can also mean to literally whip someone until death, but is almost always used in the first, figurative meaning.

نسخ IPA

الإنجليزية الأمريكية

ˈfɫɑɡ/ /ˈtu/, /tə/, /tɪ/ /ˈdɛθ

الإنجليزية البريطانية

flˈɒɡ/ /tˈuː/ /dˈɛθ

نطق مبسط

أمريكي

FLAHG tuh DETH

بريطاني

flOG tuh DETH

استمع في السياق

The teacher flogged the topic to death until everyone lost interest.

Let’s not flog this idea to death and move on to new suggestions.

They flogged the joke to death, and it wasn’t funny anymore.

We’ve already flogged this topic to death—can we please talk about something else?