stuck record

plural stuck records

1. figurativelyA person who repeatedly says the same thing.

   These conversations seemed dictated to him by something outside of him. He was a stuck record.

   1997, Lyn Andrews, Contemporary Authors Autobiographical Series, volume 28, page 60

   2 more examples

   I backed against the door as Lena took a tiny step forward, her body curving towards Phil. She thanked him again – she really was a stuck record – and he shushed her again.

   2010, Aliya Whiteley, Light Reading

   Frost was a stuck record. 'He said it in passing, I ignored him, felt like saying his whole life was a mistake, now I see he was trying to tell me something.'

   2015, Lesley Thomson, The Detective's Secret

   Synonyms: broken record