flogging russian

• по́рка

  flogging, thrashing, lashing, birching

• отодра́ть

  to tear off, to rip off, to pull off

  to give a sound flogging, to thrash, to give a hiding

• линёк

  rope's end, short line, colt (for flogging)

  small tench

• бичева́ние

  flagellation, flogging, castigation

• секу́щий

  secant, cutting, intersecting

  lashing, whipping, flogging

  chopping, hacking, mowing down

  quick on the uptake, sharp

• стега́ющий

  quilting, stitching

  lashing, whipping, flogging

• по́рющий

  flogging, lashing, thrashing, ripping

• лупцева́вший

  beating, thrashing, flogging

• стега́вший

  lashing, whipping, flogging, having whipped

  quilting, having quilted

Examples

• Вы напрасно тра́тите вре́мя.

  You're flogging a dead horse.

• Ты зря стара́ешься.

  You're flogging a dead horse.