单词 | monkey on one's back |
释义 | monkey on one's backSEE SYNONYMS FOR monkey on one's back ON THESAURUS.COM Drug addiction, as in He'd had a monkey on his back for at least two years. [Slang; first half of 1900s] A vexing problem or burden, as in This project has proved to be a monkey on my back—there seems to be no end to it. Both usages allude to being unable to shake off the animal from one's back. Words nearby monkey on one's backmonkey flush, monkeygland sauce, monkey island, monkey jacket, monkey nut, monkey on one's back, monkey orchid, monkeypod, monkeypot, monkey puzzle, monkey's fist The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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