I hope he won't tell that joke again;he's flogged it to death already.

但愿他别再讲那个笑话了,已经老掉牙了.

Huang Gai said he was willing to do it. They decided to carry out the trick of being flogged to win the enemy's confidence.

黄盖自告奋勇,甘愿领此重任。当夜二人定下"苦肉计"。

Cambyses, it is said, found a set of villagers rejoicing over a new sacred bull, and fancying they were making merry over his recent defeat in ethiopia, the king of kings at once ran the bull through the body, and had the priests flogged

据说,有一次波斯帝国国王冈比西斯看到许多村民为发现新的圣牛而欢呼不已,误以为他们是在嘲弄自己兵败埃塞俄比亚,于是这个国君之王抽出剑来刺穿了那头牛,并叫人用鞭子把那些祭司们抽打了一顿。

That little boy was flogged to death for quite a small fault

那个小男孩因极小的过失而被鞭打致死。

The boy was cruelly flogged for stealing.

那男孩偷东西挨了一顿毒打.

Frequently slaves were flogged .

奴隶们常受鞭打。

I'm flogged after the climb.

攀登之后我累极了。

With these words said, he began toasting everyone. When neither of his toasts was accepted by Cao Bao, Zhang flared up , By then , Zhang was already drunk. He had Cao flogged fifty times.

说罢便轮番敬酒,当二次到曹豹面前劝酒时,遭曹豹拒绝。这时张飞已醉,命鞭打曹豹五十鞭。

He was flogged into confessing [confession].

他被鞭打而承认。

He was flogged until he was on the verge of death.

他被打得奄奄一息。

||1:The scene is a small city in 18th-century Flanders.||2:Some 50,000 French soldiers are stationed nearby; supplying them leaves little food for the peasantry.||3:The first thing the new bailiff, Baru (Tom van Dyck), sees is a ragged family who stole two rabbits being flogged , branded and banished.||4:“That’s a bit harsh, isn’t it?” he asks.||5:“We’ll have no scum here,” says a new colleague.

||1:这是18世纪佛兰德斯的一个小城市。||2:大约5万名法国士兵驻扎在附近；供给他们的粮食几乎没有给农民留下什么。||3:新法警巴鲁(汤姆·凡·戴克饰)看到的第一件事是一个衣衫褴褛的家庭，他们偷走了两只被鞭打、烙上烙印并被放逐的兔子。||4:“这有点苛刻，不是吗？”他问。||5:“我们这里没有渣滓，”一位新同事说。

Insurance companies flogged junk schemes to the poor or mentally disabled.

保险公司把垃圾方案卖给穷人或低能人士。

Despite his claim to have “saved the world” in 2008 by averting the collapse of the British banking industry, many voters instead remember Gordon Brown as the dupe who flogged Britain’s gold when prices were at a historical low.

即使戈登-布朗声称在2008年通过避免英国银行业的崩溃来拯救世界，许多选民反而把他看成当金价于历史最低点时把英国黄金抛售的骗子。

Sharia law was introduced in 1991; alcohol is banned and women must wear headscarves. Convicted criminals are routinely flogged or executed.

1991年颁布的莎利亚法律规定禁酒和女性必须戴头巾，凡有触犯判决是鞭打或死刑。

It has been said that some were flogged to death this way.

据说有些甚至被打死。

One aid worker reported seeing new equipment for a school being flogged in a market.

据一名救助工作人员报告，曾发现有人在市场上出售崭新的教学设备。

Candide is flogged and his tutor hanged, though he survives the ordeal.

老实人被鞭笞，他的导师被绞死，但他历经磨难还是活了下来。

The day I was flogged in front of [my son] Sajjad, I was crushed and my dignity and heart were broken.

那天，我是在[我的儿子]萨贾德面前受鞭打，我被打烂了，我的尊严和心也已经完全破碎了。

They ensured good behaviour by having miscreants publicly flogged .

他们通过公开鞭打那些恶徒来确保良好的行为规范。

19 and will turn him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified.

又交给外邦人，将他戏弄，鞭打，钉在十字架上。

In Erzurum, an eastern backwater, girls and boys can be seen strolling hand in hand, for which they might until recently have been flogged .

在东部落后地区的埃尔祖鲁姆（Erzurum），可以看到女孩和男孩携手悠闲地散步，因为直到最近，他们或许已被鞭打过了。

flogged a dead horse

白费力气;徒劳

flogged a dead horse

白费力气