"flog to death" 怎么发音

expression

US

FLAHG tuh DETH

UK

flOG tuh DETH

释义

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 音标

美式英语

ˈfɫɑɡ/ /ˈtu/, /tə/, /tɪ/ /ˈdɛθ

英式英语

flˈɒɡ/ /tˈuː/ /dˈɛθ

简化发音

美式

FLAHG tuh DETH

英式

flOG tuh DETH

语境中听

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?