1 If you want to cite the article within the text, place the title of the article within parenthesis () instead of the author like you would usually do. 2  Ex.( 3 Citing). 4  Wikipedia now has a new MLA citation tool which you can simply click on. Your bibliography should be in alphabetical order. 2  Note that the latest format of MLA says to leave out the URL unless the source cannot be located without it. 3  If you want to cite the article within the text, place the title of the article within parenthesis () instead of the author like you would usually do. 4  Ex.
Flogging a dead horse. For other uses, see Flogging a dead horse (disambiguation). Flogging a dead horse (alternatively beating a dead horse, or beating a dead dog in some parts of the Anglophone world) is an idiom that means to continue a particular endeavour is a waste of time as the outcome is already decided.
Dead, in the sense of lifeless, is so commonly used that we tend to ignore its other meanings. The meaning that's relevant here is exact or precise. This is demonstrated in many phrases; 'dead shot', 'dead centre', 'dead heat', etc. So, 'dead ringer' is literally the same as 'exact duplicate'. It first came into use soon after the word ringer itself, in the US at the end of the 19th century.