monkey business
猴年马月的事,猴子的生意,猴子的事,猴年马月的事情
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- : frivolous or mischievous behavior.
- : improper or underhanded conduct; trickery.
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I was a little mystified at how benignly he responded to my questions about his business activities.
This reporter knocked at the Wilkins home on Tuesday morning but received neither an answer nor the business end of a shotgun.
“Competition is there, of course, but I think there is enough business for everyone as long as the demand is there,” he says.
Last March they gave Airbus a huge piece of new business, ordering 169 A320s and 65 of the slightly larger A321.
Together, they crossed over the International Bridges on foot into Juarez to conduct some business.
He remembered something—the cherished pose of being a man plunged fathoms-deep in business.
But the greatest danger I ever underwent in that kingdom was from a monkey, who belonged to one of the clerks of the kitchen.
A letter from Fajardo to the king (December 10, 1621) concerns various matters of administration and business.
The father of Mr. Stacy Marks predestined him for the coach-building business.
That, and a range war that grew out of the killing, and some kind of a business deal just about broke them.