Monkey Idioms

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Phrasal Verb: Monkey around

Meaning: Not to be serious

Monkey on your back.
A way of saying that there is serious problem that you cannot forget.

Monkey business.
A way of saying that you should stop messing around.

To settle down and stop the monkey business.

Funny as a barrel of monkeys.

To be extremely funny.

To make a monkey out of

To make a person appear foolish or silly.