broken record
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broken record
noun broken records
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Someone or something that constantly repeats itself, causing annoyance.
She repeated several little anecdotes or remarks about Gertrude Stein, Ezra Pound and George Antheil. Disconcertingly she kept asking me if I knew them, if I’d been in Paris then, what had happened to them and others, most of them dead. Her mind wandered, repeating itself like a broken record.
Similar: stuck record
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see broken, record.
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noun Someone or something that constantly repeats itself, causing annoyance
| Español | disco rayado |
|---|---|
| Português | disco riscado, disco quebrado |
| Français | disque rayé |
| Deutsch | Mensch mit einem Sprung in der Platte |
| Italiano | disco rotto |
| Ελληνικά | κόλλησε η βελόνα kóllise i velóna |
| Русский | зае́зженная пласти́нка zajézžennaja plastínka |
| العربية | أُسْطُوَانَة مَشْرُوخَة |
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