"piiskata kuollutta hevosta" meaning in Finnish

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Verb

Etymology: piiskata (“to whip”) + kuollutta < kuollut (“dead”) + hevosta < hevonen (“horse”); probably English influence, i.e. translated from the English idiom. Etymology templates: {{m|fi|piiskata||to whip}} piiskata (“to whip”), {{m|fi|kuollutta}} kuollutta, {{m|fi|kuollut||dead}} kuollut (“dead”), {{m|fi|hevosta}} hevosta, {{m|fi|hevonen||horse}} hevonen (“horse”), {{der|fi|en|-}} English Head templates: {{head|fi|verb|cat2=|cat3=|head=piiskata kuollutta hevosta|sort=}} piiskata kuollutta hevosta, {{fi-verb|head=piiskata kuollutta hevosta}} piiskata kuollutta hevosta Inflection templates: {{fi-infl-vp-partitive|kuollutta hevosta}}
  1. to flog a dead horse, beat a dead horse
    Sense id: en-piiskata_kuollutta_hevosta-fi-verb-yWkCdc-g Categories (other): Finnish entries with language name categories using raw markup

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