заладила сорока Якова одно про всякого

• ЗАЛАДИЛА <ЗАТВЕРДИЛА> СОРОКА ЯКОВА (ОДНО ПРО ВСЯКОГО)

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⇒ said to or of a person who repeats sth. again and again:

- ≈ you're (he's etc) like the proverbial magpie (like the magpie in the proverb) who keeps repeating (one and) the same thing over and over (again);

- you keep <he keeps etc> harping on the same string.

     ♦ "Два рублика", - сказал Чичиков. "Эк право, затвердила сорока Якова одно про всякого, как говорит пословица; как наладили на два, так не хотите с них и съехать. Вы давайте настоящую цену!" (Гоголь 3). "Two roubles," said Chichikov. "Really, my dear sir, you're just like the magpie in the proverb who keeps repeating one and the same thing over and over again. You've got those two roubles on the brain and you can't get rid of them. Give me your real price" (3a).