lather, rinse, repeat

humorous informal often

(informal, often humorous) Indicating that an action or process was repeated, or needs to be repeated. / (informal, satirical) Indicating that an action or process happens often and is futile.

Japanese Meaning

（非公式、ユーモラス）一連の手順が繰り返される、または繰り返す必要があること / （非公式、風刺的）同じ動作やプロセスが何度も行われるが、どれも無駄であること

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After we finished the first draft, it was lather, rinse, repeat until the article was polished.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

最初の草稿を仕上げた後は、記事が磨かれるまで泡立てて、すすいで、また繰り返すという感じだった。

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Sense（1）

(informal, often humorous) Indicating that an action or process was repeated, or needs to be repeated.

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Sense（2）

(informal, satirical) Indicating that an action or process happens often and is futile.

lather

（ canonical ）

rinse

（ canonical ）

repeat

（ canonical ）

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