YOU SAID:
don't beat a dead hours with a stick
INTO JAPANESE
棒で死んだ時間を打ち負かさない
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I don't beat the time I died with a stick.
INTO JAPANESE
私は棒で死んだ時を打ち負かさない。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I don't beat the time I died with a stick.
You've done this before, haven't you.