词汇 | monkey business |
释义 | Idiom monkey business Theme: DECEPTION playful or deceptive activities; mischievous or illegal activities.There's been some monkey business in connection with the bank's accounts.Bob left the company quite suddenly. I think there was some monkey business between him and the boss's wife. Slang monkey business and funny business Theme: DISHONESTY n. silliness; dishonest tricks.That's enough monkey business. Now, settle down.Stop the funny business. This is serious! Idiom monkey business slightly informal silly behaviour or dishonest behaviour.So what kind of monkey business have you kids been up to while I was out?The tax inspectors discovered that there had been some monkey business with the accounts. monkey business noun mischief; foolishness. The term is powerfully etched in American culture because of revelations in 1987 that Gary Hart, then a married US Senator campaigning for the presidential nomination, had taken an overnight cruise to Bimini with a stunningly attractive woman, Donna Rice, on the aptly named yacht 'Monkey Business'. Hart withdrew from the race under attack as an adulterer US, 1883monkey businessSilly or roguish behavior. If you keep up this monkey business, you're going to have detention next week, too! monkey businessand funny businesssilliness; dishonest tricks. That's enough monkey business. Now, settle down. Stop the funny business. This is serious! monkey businessSilly, mischievous, or deceitful conduct, as in The teacher told the children to cut out the monkey business and get to work, or I don't trust that lawyer-there's some monkey business going on. This expression transfers the tricks of monkeys to human behavior. [Late 1800s] monkey businessINFORMALIf you talk about monkey business, you mean dishonest activities. We know there was a lot of monkey business with counting ballots in the previous election. ˈmonkey business(informal) dishonest or silly behaviour: There’s money missing from the office and it’s not the first time it’s happened. I think there’s some monkey business going on.That’s enough monkey business. Let’s get down to more serious matters. This is a meeting, not a party.monkey businessand funny business n. silliness; dishonest tricks. That’s enough monkey business. Now, settle down. Stop the funny business and get to work! monkey businessTricks; underhanded goings-on. This term, which transfers the mischievous, sly actions of monkeys to human beings, began to be used in the 1880s. It may have been a replacement for monkeyshines, which originated in the United States about 1820 and meant mischievous tricks. Today we generally use “monkey business” to mean more nefarious activities. |
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