monkey business

المعنى

dishonest or unacceptable behaviour

تصرفات غير نزيهة أو غير مقبولة.

أمثلة

1. 1The referee suspected monkey business when the scoreboard changed during the break.
2. 2No monkey business while I'm away; leave your sister's belongings alone.
3. 3Someone had secretly altered the competition scores; the judge immediately suspected monkey business.
4. 4Finding fake signatures on the club's receipts gave us evidence of monkey business.
5. 5The players hiding extra cards under the table were clearly involved in monkey business.

القواعد

اسم غير معدود: لا a ولا علامة جمع. يأتي كثيرا بعد some أو any أو no، ومع go on.

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