House of Boxes 

Houses that all appear the same, one after another in the same area. Can also mean Apartments too.
The term was mostly used in the late 1800's and early 1900's.

The term is used frequently in Katherine Mansfield's short story 'How Pearl Button was Kidnapped' written in 1912.

"In London, there are so many House of Boxes"
"Yeah, almost like in Little Whinging where the Dursley's house in Harry Potter is"

House of Boxes by LilNuggie69 May 20, 2018

whipping a pile of horse bones 

The phrase "whipping a dead horse" means to attempt to revive a moot point or issue. "Whipping a pile of horse bones" means to keep making futile and pointless attempts to revive interest in something that no one has cared about for so long its rotted away into a skeleton of its former self.

AKA: The Simpsons

Seasons 1 through 6 were the best. By season 8, FOX and Matt Groening were whipping a dead horse. Which means for the last 10 seasons they have been whipping a pile of horse bones.

whipping a pile of horse bones by weasel1969 October 9, 2008