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idiomspeak/talk to the organ grinder, not his monkey BrEBrEa rude expression meaning that you want to talk to a person with authority, and not to someone who is not important:If you need to talk to the organ grinder, there's no point wasting time with the monkey, is there?NoteOrgan grinders were men who played the barrel organ (=a musical instrument on wheels) in the streets. An organ grinder would have a monkey, to amuse the crowd and collect money from them.
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