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/mˈəŋki bˈɪznəs/ Listen

Monkey business

noun

Mischievous or deceitful behavior.

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"Monkey business" Quotes from Famous Books

... for Niles and his monkey business," protested Davis. "I'm on a different platform. All is, we propose to be represented from ...

— The Ramrodders - A Novel • Holman Day

... door, then stopped. He glanced around the room, turned back to me, and suddenly let out a healthy bellow of seeming amusement. Jenny's laugh was right in harmony. I caught the drift, and tried to look as if we were up to some monkey business as we slipped out of the room. ...

— Let'em Breathe Space • Lester del Rey

... the street at dawn with his head raised and bows every seven steps. And how in the evening he is to be seen standing at his window bowing to the sun going down. And how he has been around saying: "Well, I have found the big God at last. No more monkey business for me. Listen to what it says in the book about him." And how he will quote from the sea captain's Bible ...

— A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago • Ben Hecht

... to me," he called. "I am experiencing a goot-bye to you, who are jackals unt imitation men unt haf no goot right to be alive. Also if I see any of you de next time, I vill shoot first unt apologise at der funeral. I haf no more monkey business mit you voteffer; so keep vere you are until I am gone, unt you ...

— Aunt Jane's Nieces and Uncle John • Edith Van Dyne

Words linked to "Monkey business" : rascality, devilry, devilment, mischievousness, shenanigan, roguishness, roguery, mischief, deviltry, mischief-making