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1 monkey business
n infml1)2)3)"And when she comes, no monkey business" "What do you mean?" "Pulling her into bed" — "А когда она придет, пожалуйста, без дураков" - "Что ты имеешь в виду?" - "Не тащить ее в постель"
He was holding him very tightly to prevent any monkey business — Он крепко держал его, чтобы он еще чего-нибудь не натворил
I'll shoot you if you try any monkey business — Если будешь дурака валять, то я тебя пристрелю
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2 monkey business
разг.1) дурачества, проделки; "фокусы", "штучки", "номера" [первонач. амер.]‘Some of the men plan to kill you,’ said his father. ‘They don't mean any monkey business. They're as mad as hornets.’ (V. Fisher, ‘Children of God’, part I, ch. IV) — - Кое-кто из этих людей собирается убить тебя, - сказал его отец. - И это не шутки. Они прямо в бешенстве.
I'll have to shoot you, old man, if you try any monkey business. (S. Heym, ‘The Crusaders’, book II, ch. 2) — Придется вас, милейший, застрелить, если вы будете валять дурака.
2) странное, подозрительное, не совсем чистое дело, махинация (тж. funny business)What's right is right, and there's no two ways about it. No funny business. No trickery. (W. Saroyan, ‘The Adventures of Wesley Jackson’, ch. 42) — Что справедливо, то справедливо - тут не может быть двух мнений. Никаких махинаций. Никакого обмана.
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