петь одну и ту же песню

• ТЯНУТЬ (ПЕТЬ) ОДНУ И ТУ ЖЕ ПЕСНЮ coll

[VP; subj: human]

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⇒ to repeat very often or incessantly the same opinion, judgment etc:

- X тянет одну и ту же песню{{}}≈ X keeps singing the same song;

- X keeps harping on the same string (thing, subject);

- X keeps repeating the same thing over and over;

- X keeps playing the same tune.

     ♦ Два месяца пытаюсь добиться от директора ответа, а он все тянет одну и ту же песню: ждите, вопрос еще не решен. I've been trying to get an answer from the director for two months now, but he keeps playing the same tune: you've got to wait, nothing has been decided yet