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耳にタコができる
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 耳にタコができる.
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Idiomatic expression
to be told or made to hear something so often that you (metaphorically) get calluses on your ears
Examples
お祖母さんの昔話は耳にたこができるほど聞かされた。
I've heard my grandma's stories so often that I'm heartily sick of them.
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