Chasing the Dead: The gripping thriller from the bestselling author of No One Home (David Raker Missing Persons, 1)

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Simmons, Alfred (June 10, 2012). Old England and New Zealand. Forgotten Books. p.113. ASIN B008GDXKRS. The earliest instance cited in the Oxford English Dictionary dates from 1872, when The Globe newspaper, reporting the Prime Minister, William Gladstone's, futile efforts to defend the Ecclesiastical Courts and Registries Bill in the Commons, observed that he "might be said to have rehearsed that particularly lively operation known as flogging a dead horse". [2] [3] Earlier related terms [ edit ]

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If you’re chasing an overdue invoice or an unsigned contract, all you have to do is highlight it and gently remind them that you would love a response. Like this: Comedian Stephen Colbert on his late-night show opined society has "bigger fish to fry" than such idioms. [9] Further reading [ edit ] The phrase may have originated in 17th-century slang, when a horse symbolized hard work. [ citation needed] A "dead horse" came to mean something that had become useless. In gambling, "playing a dead horse" meant wagering on something, such as a hand of cards, that was almost sure to lose. In a 17th-century quote from a collection of documents owned by the late Earl of Oxford, Edward Harley, [2] Yet there’s a way not to be a burden on their inbox. If you keep your message short, explain the situation clearly, and give them a way to resolve the problem themselves — you boost your chances of getting a reply. The rising star of British crime * Sunday Times Number One bestselling author of the DC Max Wolfe series *In journeyman printer's slang from the 18th and 19th centuries, work that was charged for on a bill, but not yet carried out, was called "horse". [5] Carrying out that work was said to be "working for a dead horse", since no additional benefit would be gained by the labourer when the work was complete. [2] horse". Oxford English Dictionary (Onlineed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)

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Flogging a dead horse (or beating a dead horse in American English) is an idiom meaning that a particular effort is futile, being a waste of time without a positive outcome, e.g. such as flogging a dead horse, which will not compel it to do useful work. Chasing the Dead: David Raker Missing Persons #1: Her son died . . . or so she thought. Donâ t miss this GRIPPING THRILLER A reminder of the upcoming deadline: Clearly explain what deadline is approaching and how you can help them. If your reader can extend a subscription themselves or pay an invoice online, make sure you add in a link so they can take action immediately Weaver has become one of this country's most respected, bestselling crime writers, and he fully deserves to be . . . Catch him at once * Daily Mail * Chasing the Dead: The gripping thriller from the bestselling author of No One Home (David Raker Missing Persons, 1)Tim Weaver writes books so meticulously researched that the reader is educated as well as entertained, enthralled and intrigued * Sunday Times bestselling author of Lying in Wait * Second Reading". Commons and Lords Hansard. Official Report of debates in Parliament. March 28, 1859. Archived from the original on February 8, 2019 . Retrieved February 8, 2019.