be beating a dead horse
beat one's gums
waste one's breath
shoot one's mouth off about something

I don’t feel like this is beating a dead horse.

It just felt like we were beating a dead horse after a while.

It just got to the point where we were beating a dead horse," he said.

"Do I think it was beating a dead horse by the end of episode one?

That's why it doesn't feel as if these films are beating a dead horse."

I don't know if we'd be beating a dead horse if we did that again, but it's a good question.

"I'm 21 now and don't want to be beating a dead horse at 23," Cavanagh said.

"That's beating a dead horse to me," he said.

At some point it's going to become apparent to people in the courtroom that the jury is beating a dead horse."

"We're beating a dead horse, but yeah, you could say my client was pretty shocked," Cronson said.

I don't think we're beating a dead horse here by pointing our finger at the strengthening dollar,' Preston said.

I mean, I'm beating a dead horse, right?

"You're beating a dead horse," he told prosecutors.

That would be beating a dead horse."

OK, I think we're beating a dead horse.

Well, again, I'm at the point I understand I'm beating a dead horse.

Ken is beating a dead horse.

"It's beating a dead horse because people that do careful forensic work don't do it in the way they are criticizing.

The Journal Sentinel is beating a dead horse because it pushes the progressive agenda they endorse.

"Keeping him in Hartford another three weeks would have been beating a dead horse, so we sent him home," Maloney said.

"My director told me to back off and said that I was beating a dead horse," Mr. Nelson said in an interview.

"They're beating a dead horse," said the sisters' uncle, Paul Stull, 72 years old, another plaintiff in the Barnette case.

If Mr. Walsh continues with his investigation, he is almost certain to re-ignite charges that he is beating a dead horse.

Gary Barton, a spokesman for Monsanto, which is manufacturing the hormone under the name of Posilac, said that the cows were beating a dead horse.

I know I am beating a dead horse here and no one is listening.But Tupelo has yet to extend services to areas it annexed 20 years ago.