monkey business
Example Sentences
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“That was more than enough monkey business for us,” the department said in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, to announce Momo’s capture.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 5, 2023
That focus leaves Picasso in slight shadow, gives Braque his fair due and crowns a new champion of media monkey business and painterly legerdemain.
From New York Times ● Nov. 11, 2022
The days of monkey business may be over.
From Slate ● Oct. 12, 2022
Giuliani was hoodwinked not by a monkey but old-fashioned monkey business.
From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2020
In Axelroot’s case, as I have mentioned, it frequently turns out to be monkey business.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
