vaccinated with a gramophone needle

vaccinated with a gramophone needle

old-fashioned Disposed to lengthy or endless chatter. A reference to the needle used on a gramophone, a type of early record player, and the needle used to inoculate against infectious disease during vaccination. You'd think he was vaccinated with a gramophone needle from the way he yammers on like that. My mother says I was vaccinated with a gramophone needle, so please stop me if I start rambling.
See also: needle, vaccinate
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • vaccinated with a Victrola needle
  • come in
  • come in a certain position
  • come on in
  • (Is) this taken?
  • trying
  • be (flat) on (one's) back
  • (Is) that everything?
  • a little goes a long way
  • by half
References in periodicals archive
Now, I know women love nothing more than a right good blether - you may remember my Aunt Martha, who once had a three-hour conversation with a bowl of alphabet soup - but this mob sounded as though they'd all been vaccinated with a gramophone needle and I could barely hear myself speak.
``My mum used to say that I must have been vaccinated with a gramophone needle at birth.''