馬鹿の一つ覚え

ばかのひとつおぼえ

Also written バカの一つ覚え

Meanings

1. Expression one who knows little often repeats it (literally: a fool's one bit of knowledge)

Kanji

• 馬 horse. Read as バ.
• 鹿 deer
• 一 one. Read as ひとつ.
• 覚 remember. Read as おぼえる.

Example sentences

• 馬鹿の一つ覚え。
  He that knows little often repeats it.
• 馬鹿の一つ覚えのように、インターネット、インターネットって言うなよ。
  Is that all you can talk about - the Internet?

Word lists

• Proverbs

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists