My job is not to beat them over the head.
The other side will beat you over the head with it.
You can beat yourself over the head some other time!
"Even if we have to beat him over the head with it?"
"You can always beat him over the head with it."
Say they just cut off one of his legs and beat him over the head with it.
I didn't have to be beaten over the head to see their point of view.
You beat his son's brains out all over the wall.
"It may not be the right time to beat them over the head with a stick."
I couldn't beat them over the head without beating myself.