monkey business

معنی

dishonest or unacceptable behaviour

رفتار نادرست یا غیرقابل‌قبول.

مثال‌ها

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.

دستور زبان

اسم غیرقابل‌شمارش: بدون a و بدون نشانه‌ی جمع. اغلب بعد از some، any یا no و همراه با go on به کار می‌رود.

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