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Sentence examples for monkey business from inspiring English sources

"monkey business" is a colloquial phrase that is perfectly correct and usable in written English.
It is usually used to refer to someone behaving in a mischievous or suspicious way. For example: I don't know what he was up to, but it looked like some kind of monkey business.

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monkey business

noun

Wasting time, or effort, on some foolish project.

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Monkey business.

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University of California, Berkeley

No monkey business in sight.

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Independent

I discuss "Monkey Business" in this clip.

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The New Yorker

Monkey business: Did he Cheetah?

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The Times

Fancy a bit of monkey business?

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The Guardian

No monkey business about explosions of new revenue.

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The Washington Post

He tried monkey business with the neighborhood women.

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The New Yorker

MICE, MORALS, & MONKEY BUSINESS: Lively Lessons From Aesop's Fables.

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The New York Times - Books

Well, his monkey business is perfectly acceptable without it.

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The Guardian - Film

Richard Brody on Howard Hawks's ""Monkey Business"" (1952).

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"Expect a new election, and this time around no monkey-business.

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