hobby-horse



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hobby-horse

A subject, topic, or issue about which one frequently or incessantly talks, expounds, or complains. Ah, here we go again. Once grandpa gets on his hobby-horse about the government, there's no stopping him!

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
ÉTiennee-TYEN (French), e-TSYEN (Quebec French)French
BenediktBE-ne-dikt (German), bye-nye-DEEKT (Russian), bee-nee-DEEKT (Russian)German, Russian, Icelandic, Czech
WaldoWAWL-do (English)English, German, Ancient Germanic
Weland-Germanic Mythology, Anglo-Saxon Mythology
Theocritus-Ancient Greek (Latinized)
LuÍSloo-EESHPortuguese