May 7, 2011 · I've searched multiple dictionaries and Etymonline but the only origin for "flog" that I can find is: 1670s, slang, perhaps a schoolboy shortening of L. flagellare "flagellate." This clearly rela...

Jun 7, 2025 · Eric Partridge, Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, fifth edition (1961) has this entry: bishop, flog the. (Of men) to masturbate: low: late C. 19–20. Also bash the bishop (esp. Army). …

Oct 19, 2013 · I saw an article recently where the author used the term "flogging a dead horse" where the term flogging was meant in the UK slang sense of "to sell".It was accompanied by a drawing of a …

Dec 19, 2017 · Doubling back to Brockett's 1825 glossary, and an 1830 publication by Robert Forby (Vocabulary of East Anglia, a vocabulary which the title page advertises as having been collected in …

May 22, 2017 · Now U.S. colloq. trans. To beat, flog, thrash. 1790 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. (ed. 2) Whale, to beat with a horsewhip or pliant stick. transf. intr. To do something implied by the context …

Apr 15, 2011 · But as every growing child knows, the more common form has become conjugating the past tense to end in "-ed": jog goes to jogged, flog goes to flogged, clog goes to clogged, and so on. …

Jun 30, 2011 · 0 I had a different idea about the saying "skinning cats." I thought it was about using the cat of nine tails in the British Navy. It meant there are many ways to flog someone.

Jun 3, 2012 · What is the correct abbreviation of engineer? In my organization, some of my colleagues use Eng. and some use Engr.

Jul 17, 2012 · I'm looking for an analogy for my repeated attempts to revive interest in a project. The phrase beating a dead horse almost fits the bill, but a dead horse refers to a subject that is no longer …

Dec 7, 2014 · Is there a saying like that? I'm thinking it's something along the lines of working something too hard. I don't want to attempt to word it because I'll most likely butcher it horribly.