Definition of monkey on a person's back

monkey on (one's) back

• a constant source of concern.

  Last edited on Oct 03 2009. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 03 2009.

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Other terms relating to 'back':
back	Definitions include: large buttocks.
back 40	Definitions include: wild or rough terrain adjacent to a developed area.
back *sswards	Definitions include: done or performed incorrectly, strangely, opposite from the correct way, or clumsily; "backwards".
back at the ranch	Definitions include: exclamation useful when the conversation is going off tangent.
back at you	Definitions include: and the same to you.
back-catalog	Definitions include: obscure.
back-catalogue	Definitions include: obscure.
back door	Definitions include: the anus.
back door man	Definitions include: the man who a cheating spouse sees on the side.
back-door trots, the	Definitions include: horrendous diarrhea.
back end	Definitions include: the anus.
back forty	Definitions include: a place that is far away.
back in the day	Definitions include: at some time before the present.
back in the saddle	Definitions include: having resumed an activity that one had previously stopped performing.
back off	Definitions include: large buttocks.
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Other terms relating to 'monkey':
*ss monkey	Definitions include: to be or act totally stupid
brass monkeys	Definitions include: very cold.
butt monkey	Definitions include: a silly or ineffectual person.
butt monkeyed	Definitions include: extremely intoxicated.
cheese-eating surrender monkey	Definitions include: a Frenchman.
code monkey	Definitions include: a person who writes (source) code; "programmer".
desk monkey	Definitions include: a person who has a menial job and who works at a desk.
funky monkey	Definitions include: a funky person.
give a monkey's	Definitions include: to care a tiny amount, always used in the negative
go iron monkey	Definitions include: to severely injure someone.
grease monkey	Definitions include: a mechanic.
Infinite-Monkey Theorem	Definitions include: This theorem has been traced to the mathematician E'mile Borel in 1913, and was first popularized by the astronomer Sir Arthur Eddington.
jizz monkey	Definitions include: One who cleans up ejaculate at a peepshow.
juice monkey	Definitions include: someone with muscles who looks big and macho.
Like a monkey on a stick	Definitions include: This describes one who is handy and skilled at stimulating penises.
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Other terms relating to 'on':
accidentally on purpose	Definitions include: seemingly accidental but with a secret motive.
a little on the side	Definitions include: secret sexual activity with a person other than one's partner.
a lot on (one's) plate	Definitions include: See on (one's) plate.
as much use as a handbrake on a canoe	Definitions include: useless.
as useless as tits on a boar hog	Definitions include: absolutely futile; pointless, worthless, inept or absurd; good-for-nothing or idiotic.
back on (one's) feet	Definitions include: doing better after an unfavorable event.
back on pipe	Definitions include: returned to one's meth or crack addiction.
bag on	Definitions include: to insult for fun; "make fun of".
bail on	Definitions include: to leave (a relationship) or abandon.
ball on	Definitions include: to attempt to attract verbally; "hit on".
bang on	Definitions include: to test something before it is released or presented.
barge in on	Definitions include: See barge in.
beast on	Definitions include: used to describe a person that is angry and is scolding at someone.
be in on	Definitions include: to be involved with.
be like flies on sh*t	Definitions include: to be present in large numbers.
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