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耳にタコができる

みみにタコができる

to be told or made to hear something so often that you (metaphorically) get calluses on your ears

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Example sentences

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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