二ふた言こと目め

noun

favorite phrase; byword; something one always says

Refers to a phrase or topic that someone habitually brings up, often in the pattern 二言目には〜と言う.

• 彼かれは二ふた言こと目めには「昔むかしはよかった」と言いう。

  He always says 'Things were better in the old days' at every opportunity.

• 祖そ母ぼの二ふた言こと目めは「もったいない」だ。

  My grandmother's favorite phrase is 'What a waste!'