| 单词 | to be a monkey on a person's back |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto be a monkey on a person's back c. To suffer from burdensome worries, emotional pressure, etc. Also to be a monkey on a person's back and variants: to be a (continual) disadvantage, burden, or worry to a person. ΚΠ 1959 L. O'Connor They talked to Stranger v. 103 The average teenage gang member..knows that life will be more difficult from this point on; that he has a monkey on his back, one that he can't shake off. 1975 M. Ehrlich Reincarnation of Peter Proud xxiv. 219 Guilt is a monkey on your back. 1988 Computer Graphics World Feb. 73/1 You're an overworked video producer. The deadline monkey is always on your back. 1992 Tennis World (BNC) Apr. 12 The issue of her absence from Wimbledon last year remains the monkey on her back. 1992 J. Batten Class of '75 iv. 116 At last, the contract arrived, and Murphy, the monkey off his back, went to the managing partner..to hand in his resignation. < as lemmas |
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