beating a dead horse
- futileIncapable of producing results
- pointlessLacking any purpose
- redundantExceeding what's needed
- exhaustedUtterly depleted of energy
- repetitiveMarked by recurrence
nagging · worn · tiresome · relentless · flogging · useless · stubborn · circular · stale · overdone · rehash · belabor · insistent · fruitless · tedious · moot · dragging · persist
- farm idiomsmake hay while the sun shines, cream of the crop, put the cart before the horse, till the cows come home, buy the farm
- Horse Idiomshold your horses, dark horse, high horse, straight from the horse's mouth, horse sense
- cycleslife cycle, cycle, circle of life, cycles, period
- giving upgive up, giving up, quit, quitting, surrender
productiveness of effort
beating a dead horsemaking hay while the sun shines
Capitalizing on favorable circumstances
bearing fruit · paying dividends · hitting the mark · gaining traction · moving the needle
timeliness/relevance
beating a dead horsebreaking news
Newly unfolding events reported
hot topic · cutting edge · new ground · fresh perspective · current events
rhetorical wisdom
beating a dead horseletting it go
moving on · resting one's case · brevity · cutting to the chase · getting to the point