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parrot
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be as sick as a parrot (British, humorous)
to be very disappointed. Tim was sick as a parrot when he heard Manchester had lost the match.
See also: sick

parrot-fashion (British & Australian)

if you learn something parrot-fashion, you are able to repeat the words, but you do not understand their meaning. When I went to Sunday school, we had to recite passages from the Bible parrot-fashion.

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