monkey business
Noun
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Noun
monkey business (uncountable)
- (US, slang) Wasting time, or effort, on some foolish project.
- An activity that is considered silly, or stupid, or time-wasting.
- (idiomatic) An activity that may be considered illegal, questionable, or a vice, but not felonious.
- Do your homework and forget about all this monkey business.
- I'll be a monkey's uncle
- monkey
- monkey around
- monkeyshine
- French: bêtise, espièglerie
- German: Affentheater
- Italian: roba da matti
- Russian: валя́ние дурака́
- Russian: хи́трость
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