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Monkey business means shenanigan, or a playful or mischievous act. Learn the origin, usage, and synonyms of this phrase from the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Monkey business is a noun that means dishonest or illegal behavior. Learn how to use it in sentences and see synonyms, translations and related words.
Monkey business is a noun that means dishonest or illegal behavior. Learn how to use it in sentences and see synonyms and translations in different languages.
Monkey Business: Directed by Howard Hawks. With Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers, Charles Coburn, Marilyn Monroe. A chemist finds his personal and professional life turned upside down when one of his chimpanzees finds the fountain of youth.
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Monkey Business is a 1952 American screwball comedy film directed by Howard Hawks and starring Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers, Charles Coburn, and Marilyn Monroe. To avoid confusion with the unrelated 1931 Marx Brothers film of the same name, this film is sometimes referred to as Howard Hawks' Monkey Business .
Learn the meaning and usage of the informal expression monkey business, which means dishonest or silly behaviour. See how to pronounce it, look it up offline and check synonyms.
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.
