To flog a dead horse
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Другие пословицы:
- The best fish swim near the bottom
- As well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb
- One beats the bush, and another catches the bird
- Every bird likes its own nest
- Crows do not pick crow's eyes
- To set the wolf to keep the sheep
- A fox is not taken twice in the same snare
- If you agree to carry the calf, they'll make you carry the cow
- A wolf in sheep's clothing
- If an ass (donkey) bray at you, don't bray at him
- To strain at a gnat and swallow a camel
- Hares may pull dead lions by the beard
- Zeal without knowledge is a runaway horse
- A shy cat makes a proud mouse
- Who keeps company with the wolf, will learn to howl