like a broken record

like a broken record

Like a person or thing that repeats itself over and over again. Likened to vinyl records that when severely scratched (i.e., "broken") can loop over the same recorded segment endlessly. I feel like a broken record having to tell you this each day, but please clean your room!
See also: broken, like, record
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

like a broken record

To repeat and repeat ad nauseam. Vinyl records, as those readers who remember them will recall, have spiraling grooves in which the photograph needle picked up the sound. When a groove developed a crack or other imperfection, the needle became stuck and the sound kept repeating until someone moved the phonograph arm to the next groove. The expression was applied to anyone who repeated a remark or request over and over until it sounded like a broken record . . . a broken record . . . a broken record.
See also: broken, like, record
Endangered Phrases by Steven D. Price
See also:
  • broken record
  • sound like a broken record
  • as though
  • drool bucket
  • a Monday morning quarterback
  • speak the same language
  • speak the same language, to
  • speak/talk the same/a different language
  • idiot
  • babbling idiot