【英语知识】关于猴子的英语

关于猴子的英语

 Get one's monkey up 'To get one's monkey up' 又作 'to put one's monkey up'，意思是发怒，生气。例如：

She gets her monkey up if you tell her she is wrong.（如果你说她错了，她会火冒三丈。）2. I will be a monkey's uncle. 'I will be a monkey's uncle.' 在俚语中表示惊讶。在它的前面常可见感叹词'Well'。例如：

He really left his wife? Well, I will be a monkey's uncle.（他真的丢下他的妻子？哎呀，我怎么不知道呢。）3. Has a monkey on one's back 'To has a monkey on one's back' 在美国俚语中指'染上毒瘾'（to have drug addiction）。例如：

Even the little boy has a monkey on his back.（甚至这个小男孩也染上了毒瘾。）4. Monkey business 'Monkey business' 也可以称为'funny business '，指'不正大光明 / 不正当的行为'(tricks or unlawful or unfair activities)。例如：

They suspected monkey business at the polls.（他们怀疑投票处有舞弊行为。）5. Not give a monkey's fart 'Not give a monkey's fart' 又作 'not give/care a damn'，意思是'对某人某事不在乎'。例如：

I don't give a monkey's fart about what they think.（至于他们怎么考虑，我一点也不在乎。）6. Play the monkey 'To play the monkey' 又作'to play the fool'或'to play the goat'，意思是'出洋相，做傻事'。例如：Be serious! Don't play the monkey.（正经点！别出洋相。）