YOU SAID:
I don't want to beat the dead horse.
INTO JAPANESE
私は死んだ馬を打ちたいとは思わない。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I do not think I want to hit a dead horse.
INTO JAPANESE
私は死んだ馬を打ちたいとは思わない。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I do not think I want to hit a dead horse.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.