Prines balladeering also includes social comment, as in Sam Stone, a song about a veteran returning from "the conflict overseas with a Purple Heart and a monkey on his back."
"Es got th monkey on is back ower this letter job," said the father secretly to me.
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monkey on one's back — cvb sts idi monkey on one s back, Slang. a) an addiction to a drug b) a burdensome problem, situation, or responsibility … From formal English to slang
monkey on one's back — {n. phr.}, {informal} An unsolved or nagging problem. * / My math course is a real monkey on my back, Jack complained./ Compare: ALBATROSS AROUND ONE S NECK, MILLSTONE AROUND ONE S NECK … Dictionary of American idioms
monkey on one's back — {n. phr.}, {informal} An unsolved or nagging problem. * / My math course is a real monkey on my back, Jack complained./ Compare: ALBATROSS AROUND ONE S NECK, MILLSTONE AROUND ONE S NECK … Dictionary of American idioms
monkey\ on\ one's\ back — n. phr. informal An unsolved or nagging problem. My math course is a real monkey on my back, Jack complained. Compare: albatross around one s neck, millstone around one s neck … Словарь американских идиом
have a monkey on one's back — (US sl) To be addicted to drugs • • • Main Entry: ↑monkey … Useful english dictionary
Monkey on one's back — any obsession, compulsion, or addiction, seen as a burden, as a compulsion to work or an addiction to drugs … Dictionary of Australian slang
monkey on one's back — Australian Slang any obsession, compulsion, or addiction, seen as a burden, as a compulsion to work or an addiction to drugs … English dialects glossary
have a monkey on one’s back — tv. to have a drug addiction. (Drugs. Have got can replace have.) □ Gert has a monkey on her back. □ Do you think she wants to have a monkey on her back? … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
a monkey on one's back — informal a burdensome problem. → monkey … English new terms dictionary
a monkey on one's back — informal a burdensome problem ■ a dependence on drugs … Useful english dictionary
