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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
ÇİĞDem-Turkish
Usagioo-sah-gee (Japanese)Popular Culture
Carolinakah-ro-LEE-nah (Italian, Spanish), ka-roo-LEE-nə (Portuguese), ker-ə-LIEN-ə (English), kar-ə-LIEN-ə (English)Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, English, Swedish
Pam[pæm]
Atteridge['ætəridʒ]
Ethelbert-English
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