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monkey business | American Dictionary. noun [ U ] us / ˈmʌŋ·ki ˌbɪz·nəs / Add to word list. dishonest or illegal behavior: There’s been some monkey business connected with his tax returns. (Definition of monkey business from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of monkey business. monkey business.
monkey business. noun [ U ] uk / ˈmʌŋ.ki ˌbɪz.nɪs / us / ˈmʌŋ.ki ˌbɪz.nɪs /. Add to word list. Add to word list. behaviour that is not acceptable or is dishonest: The teacher suspected that there had been some monkey business going on while she was out of the room.
The meaning of MONKEY BUSINESS is shenanigan. How to use monkey business in a sentence.
noun [ U ] us / ˈmʌŋ·ki ˌbɪz·nəs / Add to word list. dishonest or illegal behavior: There’s been some monkey business connected with his tax returns. (Definition of monkey business from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of monkey business. monkey business.
Inglés. Español. monkey business n. figurative, slang (silly or frivolous behaviour) tontería nf. The substitute teacher quickly put an end to all the monkey business. La maestra sustituta rápidamente puso fin a las tonterías. (coloquial) payasada nf.
( 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. See also: business, monkey. Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017.
Monkey business is one of those animal idioms that make a lot of sense — just picture a rascally monkey stealing the hat off your head and running away. The phrase first came into use around the start of the twentieth century, possibly from the earlier term monkeyshines , which had the same meaning.
