话说三遍淡如水

话说三遍淡如水

Literally means:

words repeated for three times become tasteless as water

Actually means:

it is already a stale cliche

淡如水, as tasteless as water. Three is not a definite number, rather, it means many times.

This phrase means that the same words repeated for several times become meaningless and nobody would listen to them. The speaker uses this phrase with a sense of boredom to stop himself or others from repeating the same words.

淡如水，即像水那样没有味道。三遍，表示好多遍。

比喻同样的话重复地说了好几遍就没有意思了，别人是不愿意再听的。表示不想让自己或者别人重复同样的话。含有很厌烦的意味。