耳みみにタコができる

expression, ichidan verb

hear something so often one gets sick of it; be told the same thing over and over

Idiomatic expression; literally 'to get a callus on one's ear'. Used when someone has heard the same advice, complaint, or story so many times that it becomes tiresome.

• 母ははに「早はやく結けっ婚こんしなさい」と言いわれすぎて、耳みみにタコができるよ。

  My mom has told me 'hurry up and get married' so many times I'm sick of hearing it.

• その話はなしはもう耳みみにタコができるほど聞きいた。

  I've heard that story so often I've got calluses on my ears.