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Beating A Dead Horse

Posted by: rastom on: 21/01/2009

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Tajuk entri kali ini agak lain dari biasa. Sesuai dengan kehendak sesetengah pihak yang mengimpikan...

Sambungan di sini:

http://romantis.wordpress.com/2009/01/21/beating-a-dead-horse/

Sesiapa yang biasa naik kuda, dia tahu pukul-pukulan mampu mengisyaratkan kepada kuda untuk bergerak dan bergerak laju, umpamanya.

Namun, bagaimana kalau kuda itu sudah mati?

Pukul-pukulan berterusan? Kuda itu tidak boleh bergerak lagi. Dah mati. Hanya boleh kita gerakkan untuk ditanam, mithalnya.

Bila ditujukan kepada parti UMNO, sukar sedikit, sebab idiom ini agak Inglis. Lagi pun kuda, bukan kerbau atau lembu, yang boleh difahami serasi konteksnya.

Pun begitu bila dijelaskan, tidak Lah sukar sangat untuk difahami...

GoEnglish.com Pocket English Idioms
Today's Idiom = "Beating A Dead Horse"

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Beating A Dead Horse ( forcing an issue that is already closed ... )

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"beating a dead horse" You are beating a dead horse when you insist on talking about something that cannot be changed. Example: "I'd like to talk with you again about what happened." Reply: "Oh, come on. Let's not beat a dead horse." Beating a dead horse is an action that has no purpose, because no matter how hard or how long you beat a dead horse, it is not going to get up and run. Example: "Let's not talk about it any more. Okay?" Reply: "You're right. We're just beating a dead horse." To repeatedly bring up a particular topic with no chance of affecting the outcome is beating a dead horse. Example: "Dad, are you sure we can't get a new computer for the upstairs?" Reply: "Son, we talked about this and the decision was 'no'. You are beating a dead horse."

Jadi, bagaimana kini UMNO dan Barisan Nasional..?