馬ば鹿かの一ひとつ覚おぼえ

expression

a fool's one trick; one who knows little often repeats it

Proverb used to criticize someone who keeps repeating the same limited knowledge or skill, often inappropriately. Literally 'a fool's one memorized thing'.

• 彼かれは馬ば鹿かの一ひとつ覚おぼえのように同おなじ話はなしばかりする。

  He keeps telling the same story like a one-trick pony.

• 馬ば鹿かの一ひとつ覚おぼえで、何なんでもその方ほう法ほうで解かい決けつしようとする。

  Like a fool with one trick, he tries to solve everything with that method.