How to Pronounce "flog to death"
expression
FLAHG tuh DETH
flOG tuh DETH
Definition
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.
IPA Transcription
American English
ˈfɫɑɡ/ /ˈtu/, /tə/, /tɪ/ /ˈdɛθ
British English
flˈɒɡ/ /tˈuː/ /dˈɛθ
Simplified Pronunciation
US
FLAHG tuh DETH
UK
flOG tuh DETH
Listen in Context
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?