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Что (кто) такое flog - определение
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Flog (disambiguation)
Flog
To beat or to harm
I'm gonna flog you one for lying to me!
I'm gonna flog you one for lying to me!
flog
(flogs, flogging, flogged)
1.
If someone tries to flog something, they try to sell it. (BRIT INFORMAL)
They are trying to flog their house.
VERB: V n
2.
If someone is flogged, they are hit very hard with a whip or stick as a punishment.
In these places people starved, were flogged, were clubbed to death...
Flog them soundly.
VERB: be V-ed, V n
• flogging (floggings)
He was sentenced to a flogging and life imprisonment...
N-VAR
3.
If you say that someone is flogging a dead horse, you mean that they are trying to achieve something impossible. (INFORMAL)
PHRASE: V inflects
flog
¦ verb (flogs, flogging, flogged)
1. beat with a whip or stick as a punishment.
2. informal work at or promote repetitively or at excessive length.
3. Brit. informal sell or offer for sale.
4. Brit. informal make one's way with strenuous effort.
Phrases
flog a dead horse Brit. waste energy on a lost cause or unalterable situation.
Derivatives
flogger noun
Origin
C17 (orig. sl.): perh. imitative, or from L. flagellare 'to whip'.
Википедия
Flog
Flog may refer to:
- Fake blog, an astroturfing technique
- Flagellation or flogging, beating the human body with special implements such as whips
- The Flog, a video blog by Felicia Day
- Food blog, a blog dedicated to food; see Glossary of blogging
Примеры употребления для flog
1. Why he is called upon÷ The first hang ‘em and flog ‘em Labour Home Secretary.
2. To honor Hussein‘s death, many pilgrims wear black and flog themselves with chains.
3. Just watch and you can bet your life a western company will flog them the technology.
4. It‘s no coincidence that the great feminist barrister uses her married name to flog her memoirs.
5. First to flog everything from mobile phones to deodorant via branding.