一つ覚え

一つ覚え
ひとつおぼえ【一つ覚え】
¶それは彼のバカの~さ
That's all he knows about it. 《◆ he に強勢を置くと「それしか知らない, 彼の考えは間違っている」の意》.
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ひとつおぼえ【一つ覚え】

一つ覚えのきまり文句 a parrot-cry; a stupid cliché

・あれは彼が宴会のたびに言う一つ覚えの冗談さ. That is the one and only joke he tells at every party. | That's the only party joke he knows.

●ばかの一つ覚え. ⇒ばか 1.


Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.

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