dead horse
死马当活马医,死马当作活马医,死马当活马医吧
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- : something that has ceased to be useful or relevant.
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The cartoonist, better known as Charb, was shot dead Wednesday.
A policewoman was shot dead this morning while law enforcement searched for the Charlie Lebdo killers.
Absent a body, no one can say with absolute certainty whether Castro is dead, even if all signs point in that direction.
I mean, the reality of it was, I had to go out and get on a horse, and ride in, shoot the gun — how hard was that, right?
The two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is dead.
A little boy of four was moved to passionate grief at the sight of a dead dog taken from a pond.
At the mention of the Merrill Horse, Poindexter's countenance took on a demoniac expression.
But you are mistaken in thinking the force west consists of the entire Merrill Horse.
It was at this parliament that the famous acts against horse racing and deceitful gaming were passed.
Four years ago Hetton's horse had been first favourite, but it was ignominiously beaten.