monkey business

Nghĩa

dishonest or unacceptable behaviour

Hành vi gian dối hoặc sai trái.

Ví dụ

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.

Ngữ pháp

Danh từ không đếm được: không dùng a, không thêm đuôi số nhiều. Thường đi sau some, any hoặc no, và đi với go on.

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