'To Have a Monkey on Your Back' Is No Laughing Matter — VOA Learning English
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And now, Words and Their Stories, from VOA Learning English.
Today we talk about an expression, or idiom, involving an animal – a monkey to be exact.
Monkeys are intelligent animals, and they often do funny things. So, the English language has some monkey expressions that describe a fun situation.
For example, to monkey around means to do things that are not useful or serious. And if something is more fun than a barrel of monkeys, it is very fun!
But what if you had to carry a monkey around with you every minute of every day ... on your back? That may not be so fun.
And that brings us to today’s expression – to have a monkey on your back.
If you have a monkey on your back, you have a problem that…
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