play the same tape

Meaning: (idiomatic)Torepeatexactlywhat onepreviouslysaidordid.2001August 29, Matthew Jukes, "A German gem",The Daily Telegraph,available,There are things some people might wish to alter about [the restaurant] Die Jägerhütte (for myself, they couldplay the same tapefor months and I still wouldn't slap a thigh).2002, Mary Virginia Hall,Loving Is a Gift,iUniverse,→ISBN, page17:I married a man much like my controlling stepfather. We tend toplay the same tapeuntil we see who we are.2007,Gary Chapman, Catherine Palmer,It Happens Every Spring,Tyndale House,→ISBN, page54:All they do in church isplay the same tapeover and over. I could recite that stuff by heart.2008January, Sastry G. Pantula, “My Trip to the Hill”, inNotices of the American Mathematical Society, volume55, number 1, page56:We met a staff member, Pat, from Senator Dole's office first.... We had our message clear and crisp. We gave a couple of examples... . We indicated... . We talked about... . We thanked Pat and, as we walked to Senator Burr's office, congratulated each other... . We had a very good meeting with John from Senator Burr's office andplayed the same tapefrom our earlier meeting.

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