a monkey on (one's) back

1. slang A drug addiction. Did you hear? Pete checked himself into rehab to deal with the monkey on his back.

2. A burden. This project is such a monkey on my back right now—I can't wait for it to be over.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Archana	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil
Sharifah	-	Arabic, Malay
Shona	-	Scottish
Clayton	KLAY-tən	English
Viola	vie-O-lə (English), vee-O-lə (English), VIE-ə-lə (English), VYO-lah (Italian)	English, Italian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Klava	-	Russian