Beating a dead horse means ________?

A. To speak the truth, even to the point of being blunt and rude

B. An obvious, pressing issue left unaddressed due to its sensitive nature.

C. To work late into the night, alluding to the time before electric lighting

D. To uselessly dwell on a subject far beyond its point of resolution

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