have a monkey on one’s back



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.
See also: back, have, monkey, on

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Alphonsineal-fawn-SEENFrench
CailynKAY-linEnglish (Modern)
Anso-Ancient Germanic
Dismas-Judeo-Christian Legend
Telesphoros-Ancient Greek
Leigh[li:]