Meaning 意义Speak of the devil (and in he walks). This idiom means "talk about certain person and he appears". A similar Spanish idiom is ""Hablando del Rey de Roma, por la ventana se asoma" (Speaking of the King of Rome, through the window he appears). In Chinese, it is 说曹操,曹操到 ("shuō Cáo Cāo, Cáo Cāo dào"), which translates as "Speak of Cao Cao and Cao Cao arrives. Cáo Cāo is the a well known historical figure of ancient China during the Three Kingdom Period (220-265CE).Example 例子- Hey, I haven't seen Bob for a long time. Speak of the devil, here he comes.
- Hola. hace tiempo no he visto a Bob. Mira, hablando rey del Roma, aquí viene Bob ahora.
- 喂，我很久没有见过Bob. 说曹操,曹操到, 他正走过来！
Meaning 意义
The most common meaning for this slang is something or a name which sounds familiar and causes someone to remember something or someone. El modismo significa que hay algo o un nombre que provoca una memoria o conocimiento. 这一俚语最常用于某些事物或名听起来熟悉。
Example 例子
- Hi, this is Brandon. Does it ring a bell to you? I am the person who always asks you to visit his blogs.
- Hola, soy Brandon. ¿Te acuerdas de mi? Yo soy la persona que siempre te pide que visites sus Blogs.
- 你好，我是布兰登，你记得我吗？我市一天到晚叫你上他的网站的那位。
Meaning 意义
Back in the seventies and eighties, polyvinyl discs, known as records, were the mostly common form of music albums. A scratch of a record may cause the needle of a record player stuck in the same groove and plays the music over and over again. The idiom “Sound like a broken record” refers to a person saying the same thing over and over again. The literal translation of this idiom in Spanish is “pareces un disco rayado” 早在七十，八十年代音乐唱片普遍是用胶碟播放，当唱片被刮花唱针停留在槽上， 音乐重复又重复，此语句是指一个人说同样的事情一遍又一遍，喋喋不休。
Examples 例子
- Brandon, you sound like a broken record. Please don’t keep telling me to visit your blogs. 白兰敦，请不要象破坏的唱碟，一天到晚叫我上你的网页。
- Americans for the umpteen times accuse that China controls its currency. It sounds like a broken record to me. 美国无数次指中国操控人民币汇率，真是不胜其烦！
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