广播电视英语短句 第 237 课：有关“马”的表达-5

You may have heard this expression: You can lead a horse to water, but you cannot make him drink. 你可能听过这样一个表达：你能够把马牵到水边，但你不能让它饮水。

That means you can give someone advice but you cannot force him to do something he does not want to do. 其意思是说你能够给某个人提出建议，但是你不能强行他做自己不愿做的事。

Sometimes a person fights a battle that has been decided or keeps arguing a question that has been settled. 有时，某人发起已经决定了的战争，或者对已经解决了的问题喋喋不休。

We say this is like beating a dead horse. 对此，我们说这就像“打死马”（争执已经解决了的问题或不值得讨论的问题）——毫无意义。

In politics, a dark-horse candidate is someone who is not well known to the public. 在政治上，“黑马候选人”是指不为大家所熟知的人。