как заведённая машина

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Russian

Etymology

Literally, like a started car.

Pronunciation

Adverb

как заведённая маши́на (kak zavedjónnaja mašína)

  1. without pause, ad nauseam, dull as dishwater, monotonously
    Глухи́м, бесстра́стным го́лосом, как заведённая маши́на, стал он что́-то ску́чно расска́зывать об интере́снейшем пери́оде мирово́й исто́рии, о наполео́новских во́йнахGluxím, besstrástnym gólosom, kak zavedjónnaja mašína, stal on štó-to skúšno/skúčno rasskázyvatʹ ob interésnejšem període mirovój istórii, o napoleónovskix vójnaxWith a dull and impassive tone, as dull as dishwater, he started tediously narrating something about the most interesting period in world history, The Napoleonic Wars