like a broken record

phrase

used to say that someone keeps saying the same thing over and over again
I feel like a broken record but I can't stop talking about the loss.
He sounds like a broken record.

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“Like a broken record.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/like%20a%20broken%20record. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.

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