GET THIS MONKEY OFF MY BACK

Meaning of GET THIS MONKEY OFF MY BACK in English

stop a bad habit, be rid of a problem or hang-up

I have to get this monkey off my back. I have to stop gambling.

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 2012

GET THIS MONKEY OFF MY BACK — stop a bad habit, be rid of a problem or hang-up I have to get this monkey off my back. …
English Idioms vocab
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MONKEY — I Any member of two tropical anthropoid primate groups: New World monkeys. Almost all species are tropical or subtropical, and …
Английский словарь Британика
THIS
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
MY — I. Etymology: Middle English my, mi, min, from Old English mīn, suppletive gen. of ic I obsolete possessive of i …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MONKEY — I. ˈməŋkē, -ki noun ( -s ) Etymology: probably of Low German, Dutch, or Flemish origin; akin to MFlemish Monnekin, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
BACK — I. ˈbak noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English bak, back, from Old English bæc; akin to Old High German …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OFF — /awf, of/ , adv. 1. so as to be no longer supported or attached: This button is about to come …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MONKEY — — monkeyish , adj. — monkeyishly , adv. — monkeyishness , n. /mung"kee/ , n. , pl. monkeys , v. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BACK — back 1 — backless , adj. /bak/ , n. 1. the rear part of the human body, extending from the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
OFF — I. ˈȯf adverb Etymology: Middle English of, from Old English — more at of Date: before 12th century 1. a. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MONKEY — I. ˈməŋ-kē noun ( plural monkeys ) Etymology: probably of Low German origin; akin to Moneke, name of an ape, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GET — I. ˈget, ÷ˈgit verb ( got ˈgät ; got or got·ten ˈgä-t ə n ; get·ting ) Etymology: Middle English, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
OFF — adv denoting opposition or negation. 2. off ·interj away; begone; a command to depart. 3. off ·adv in a …
Webster English vocab
MONKEY — noun any species of quadrumana, except the lemurs. 2. monkey ·noun a small trading vessel of the sixteenth century. 3. …
Webster English vocab
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Webster English vocab
MONKEY — [mon.key] n, pl monkeys [prob. of LG origin; akin to Moneke, name of an ape, prob. of Romance origin; akin …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MONKEY — in general, any member of the mammalian order Primates, with the exception of the tree shrews, the lemurs and their …
Britannica English vocabulary
MONKEY — monkey BrE AmE ˈmʌŋk i ▷ monkey|ed d ▷ monkey|ing ɪŋ ▷ monkey|s z ▶ ˈ monkey ˌ business BrE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
THIS — / ðɪs; NAmE / determiner , pronoun , adverb ■ determiner , pronoun ( pl. these / ðiːz; NAmE /) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OFF — / ɒf; NAmE ɔːf; ɑːf/ adverb , preposition , adjective , noun , verb ■ adverb HELP NOTE : For …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MONKEY — / ˈmʌŋki; NAmE / noun 1. an animal with a long tail, that climbs trees and lives in hot countries. …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GET — / get; NAmE / verb ( getting , got , got / gɒt; NAmE gɑːt/) HELP NOTE : In spoken …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BACK — / bæk; NAmE / noun , adjective , adverb , verb ■ noun PART OF BODY 1. the part of …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THIS — I. this 1 S1 W1 /ðɪs/ BrE AmE determiner , pronoun ( plural these /ðiːz/) [ Language: Old English ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OFF — I. off 1 S1 W1 /ɒf $ ɒːf/ BrE AmE adverb , preposition , adjective 1 . away from a …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MY — I. my 1 S1 W1 /maɪ/ BrE AmE determiner [possessive form of ‘I’] 1 . used by the person who …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MONKEY — I. mon ‧ key 1 /ˈmʌŋki/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1500-1600 ; Origin: Probably from Low German ] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OFF — adv., prep., adj., & n. --adv. 1 away; at or to a distance (drove off; is three miles off). 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MONKEY — n. & v. --n. (pl. -eys) 1 any of various New World and Old World primates esp. of the families …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
GET — v. & n. --v. (getting; past got; past part. got or US (and in comb.) gotten) 1 tr. come into …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BACK
Английский основной разговорный словарь
THIS — pron., adj., & adv. demons.pron. (pl. these) 1 the person or thing close at hand or indicated or already named …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OFF — adv., prep., adj., & n. adv. 1 away; at or to a distance (drove off; is three miles off). 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MY — poss.pron. (attrib.) 1 of or belonging to me or myself (my house; my own business). 2 as a form of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MONKEY — n. & v. n. (pl. -eys) 1 any of various New World and Old World primates esp. of the families …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
GET — v. & n. v. (getting; past got; past part. got or US (and in comb.) gotten) 1 tr. come into …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OFF — adv., prep., adj., & n. --adv. 1. away; at or to a distance (drove off; is three miles off). 2 …
Oxford English vocab
MY — poss.pron. (attrib.) 1. of or belonging to me or myself (my house; my own business). 2 as a form of …
Oxford English vocab
MONKEY — n. & v. --n. (pl. -eys) 1. any of various New World and Old World primates esp. of the families …
Oxford English vocab
GET — v. & n. --v. (getting; past got; past part. got or US (and in comb.) gotten) 1. tr. come into …
Oxford English vocab
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Oxford English vocab
GET — I. CHANGING, CAUSING, MOVING, OR REACHING /get/ ( gets, getting, got, or gotten) Frequency: The word is one of the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BACK — I. ADVERB USES /bæk/ Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: In addition …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THIS — The determiner is pronounced /ðɪs/. In other cases, 'this' is pronounced /ðɪs/. Frequency: The word is one of the 700 …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OFF — The preposition is pronounced /ɒf, AM ɔ:f/. The adverb is pronounced /ɒf, AM ɔ:f/ Frequency: The word is one of …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MY — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: 'My' is the first person singular …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MONKEY — ( monkeys) 1. A monkey is an animal with a long tail which lives in hot countries and climbs trees. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MONKEY — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Arctic Monkeys cheeky devil/monkey etc ▪ You did that on purpose, you cheeky little …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MONKEY — n. bonnet monkey capuchin monkey colobus monkey howler monkey monkey puzzle tree New World monkey Old World monkey proboscis monkey …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
GET — Synonyms and related words : OD, absorb, accede to, accept, access, accumulate, acquire, addle, admit, advance, affect, age, aggravate, agree …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
BACK — See: BACK OF or IN BACK OF, BEHIND ONE'S BACK, BRUSH BACK, COME BACK, CUT BACK, DOUBLE BACK, DRAW BACK, …
Slang English vocab
OFF — adj. sup off sup off or up back off blow off bring off buck off bug off bump off burn …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
GET — INDEX: 1. to get something by buying it, asking for it, or finding it 2. to be given something 3. …
Longman Activator English vocab

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