hacerle una paja a un muerto

(v.) = flog + a dead horse, beat + a dead horse, fart + in the wind

Ex. When Harries refuted the view that Africans were 'helpless cogs in the wheels of capitalist industrialization,' he was flogging a dead horse.

Ex. Despite all the written and spoken words, and the charge that to even raise the issue now is to beat a dead horse, there are, regrettably, a host of continuing problems in the area of fairness of headings.

Ex. Loving people is like farting in the wind; you don't actually accomplish anything, but you feel better.

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(v.) = flog + a dead horse, beat + a dead horse, fart + in the wind

Ex: When Harries refuted the view that Africans were 'helpless cogs in the wheels of capitalist industrialization,' he was flogging a dead horse.

Ex: Despite all the written and spoken words, and the charge that to even raise the issue now is to beat a dead horse, there are, regrettably, a host of continuing problems in the area of fairness of headings.

Ex: Loving people is like farting in the wind; you don't actually accomplish anything, but you feel better.