Tag: Have a monkey on your back
Have a monkey on your back
English Idiom: Have a monkey on your back If you have a monkey on your back, you have a problem that you cannot shake off. Perhaps you’re a baseball player and cannot get on base — every time you have an at-bat, you strike out. Another example could be an ex-boyfriend who will not stop…
Shake off
Word of the Day: Shake (something) off Have you ever had a cold and couldn’t shake it off? Perhaps you’ve been unlucky at work, in sports or in love, and you can’t get that monkey off your back. Or the problem could be you can’t get rid of an old boyfriend even though you have…
