have a monkey on one’s back

tv. to have a drug addiction. (Drugs. Have got can replace have.) Gert has a monkey on her back.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Lena	LE-nah (German, Polish, Italian), LYE-nah (Russian), LEE-nə (English)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Polish, Russian, English, Italian, Portuguese
Ronaldo	-	Portuguese
Decima	DEK-i-ma	Ancient Roman
Keanna	-	English (Modern)
JÜRgen	YUYR-gen	Low German
Angelica	[.æn'dʒelikə]