flogging in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for flogging in the English»French Dictionary

flogging [Brit ˈflɒɡɪŋ, Am ˈflɑɡɪŋ] N (beating)

flogging

flagellation f

to give sb a flogging

fouetter qn

flog <pres part flogging; pret, pp flogged> [Brit flɒɡ, Am flɑɡ] VB trans

1. flog (beat):

flog

flageller

2. flog Brit (sell):

flog inf

fourguer inf

flog inf

vendre

to flog sb sth, to flog sth to sb

fourguer qc à qn inf

to flog sth into the ground inf or to death inf Brit

bousiller qc inf

to flog oneself into the ground inf or to death inf Brit

se crever au travail inf

to flog a joke/story to death inf

rabâcher une plaisanterie/une histoire

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to flog Brit or beat Am a dead horse inf

perdre sa peine et son temps

Translations for flogging in the French»English Dictionary

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flagellation (gén)

flogging, scourging

fourguer

to flog Brit inf (à to)

flageller

to flog, to scourge

supplice du fouet

flogging

donner le fouet à qn

to flog sb

fouetter personne

to flog

pousser voiture

to flog inf

flogging in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for flogging in the English»French Dictionary

flogging N

flogging

raclée f

flog <-gg-> [flɒg, Am flɑ:g] VB trans

1. flog (punish):

flog

fouetter

2. flog Brit inf (sell):

flog

fourguer

3. flog inf:

to be flogging a dead horse

être en train de perdre son temps

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to flog a dead horse

perdre son temps

Translations for flogging in the French»English Dictionary

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flageller

to flog

fourguer qc à qn

to flog sth to sb

flogging Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to be flogging a dead horse

être en train de perdre son temps

to flog a dead horse

perdre son temps

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English

On appeal, this sentence was reduced to eight years of imprisonment, and the flogging was removed from the sentence.

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This attribution confuses flogging a dead horse with an entirely different phrase: to work (for) the dead horse.

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At the finish, the school is subdued, with nobody wanting another flogging.

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They were flogging some sort of oven-dried doggy food in a bag that was going to anaesthetise thin-skinned joints.

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Solitary confinement was intended as an alternative to public floggings which were common at the time.

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The simpering voice over of this commercial fits neatly with the dribbling girl poet flogging a muesli bar.

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These were death, in capital cases, or flogging, in non-capital cases.

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He was ultimately sentenced to eleven years' imprisonment and a flogging of seventy-four lashes.

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However, this came at a cost to the human rights of those who couldn't pay the tax with imprisonment, flogging and other corporal punishment recorded.

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Children were liable to the same harsh penalties as adults, such as flogging, imprisonment and even death.

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