Con vẹt ( (nghĩa đen) & (nghĩa bóng))

Đồ con vẹt; người bắt chước một cách không suy nghĩ

sick as a parrot

như sick

Nói như vẹt, làm như vẹt

Dạy (ai...) nhắc lại như vẹt; dạy (ai...) nói như vẹt

N.

Imitator, mimic, Colloq copycat: She never has anoriginal idea of her own: she's a mere parrot of others'fashions and fancies.

V.

Imitate, mimic, ape, copy, echo, repeat, reiterate:Mick doesn't understand the issues and just parrots what hehears on TV.

N. & v.

N.

Any of various mainly tropical birds of theorder Psittaciformes, with a short hooked bill, often havingvivid plumage and able to mimic the human voice.

A person whomechanically repeats the words or actions of another.

V.tr.(parroted, parroting) repeat mechanically.

Parrot-fashion(learning or repeating) mechanically without understanding.parrot-fish any fish of the genus Scarus, with a mouth like aparrot's bill and forming a protective mucous cocoon againstpredators. [prob. f. obs. or dial. F perrot parrot, dimin. ofPierre Peter: cf. PARAKEET]