dead-beat

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If you are dead-beat, you are very tired and have no energy left. = shattered
beat a dead horse
To persist or continue far beyond any purpose, interest or reason

After having shown us three hours of instructional and safety videos, the inspector was simply beating a dead horse by telling us to buckle up as we got into the van.

deadbeat
a person who defaults on his debts
deadbeat
defeated or exhausted
beat a dead horse
(deyim) Waste time on something that is a lost cause or likely to be unproductive, flog a dead horse [Brit]
beat a dead horse
(Slang) continue to deal with an issue after it has been settled; waste time on a task that will never succeed
dead beat
See Beat, n
dead beat
worthless; exhausted, very tired, worn out
deadbeat
{s} tired, exhausted
deadbeat
someone who fails to meet a financial obligation
deadbeat
disapproval If you refer to someone as a deadbeat, you are criticizing them because you think they are lazy and do not want to be part of ordinary society
deadbeat
{i} loser, lazy person, loafer; one who doesn't pay his debts
deadbeat
Making a beat without recoil; giving indications by a single beat or excursion; said of galvanometers and other instruments in which the needle or index moves to the extent of its deflection and stops with little or no further oscillation
deadbeat
having a damped needle that stops without oscillation
deadbeat
a lazy person
dead-beat
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