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Re: Doublewidth Cyrillic for unhappy Japanese people
Tomohiro KUBOTA <tkubota@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> > It's a dead horse, okay? Can we let it lie unless there's an actual
> > pragmatic reason to bring it up?
>
> Sorry, I don't understand your English. My English-Japanese dictionary
> doesn't explain what is "dead horse".
I think 'beating a dead horse' is proverbial and refers to an effort
undertaken despite there isn't a real chance of success (like beating
a dead horse to force it to run on and win the race).
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