dead horse

NOUN

debt

Synonyms

STRONGEST

arrears bill capital commitment credit damage deficit due indebtedness liability mortgage obligation price tag receipt

STRONG

IOU albatross baggage bite check chit claim cuff debenture debit dues duty encumbrance invoice manifest note reckoning responsibility score tab tally voucher

WEAK

arrearage bad news below the line in hock in the hole in the red outstandings promissory note red ink

Antonyms

STRONG

irresponsibility

WEAK

asset cash excess profit

NOUN

deficit

Synonyms

STRONGEST

loss shortfall

STRONG

arrears defalcation default deficiency dues inadequacy insufficiency lack paucity scantiness shortcoming

WEAK

due bill in hock in the hole in the red insufficience red ink underage

Antonyms

STRONG

abundance adequacy advantage enough perfection plenty satisfaction success sufficiency

WEAK

excess superfluousness

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Just saying it once feels like I’m beating a dead horse.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026

It’s also largely responsible for the smell of the delicately-named dead horse arum, a relative of the so-called corpse flower, or titan arum.

From Salon • May 31, 2025

“I think you would like to have those players playing in an ideal world, but I feel like we’re sort of beating a dead horse in this media room a little bit,” he said.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 13, 2024

The dead horse was found by a citizen in Hempstead, about 50 miles northwest of Houston, at around 8:30 a.m.

From Washington Times • Nov. 24, 2023

Replies the advisor, Ah, but when people hear what you’ve paid for a dead horse, they’ll know what you’ll pay for a live one.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen

dead horse

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