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monkey on your back; monkey
noun- an addiction to drugs, especially heroin US, 1959
A tenacious monkey is hard to shake off. - [A] certain down-at-heel vet growing stooped from carrying a thirty-five-pound monkey on his back. — Nelson Algren, The Man With The Golden Arm [The Howard Marks Book of Dope Stories], p. 43, 1949
- And gave him all the confidence he lacked / With a Purple Heart and a monkey on his back[.] — John Prine, Sam Stone, 1971
- Sub us a ten-spot then, mun. A know a fuckin monkey oo needs feedin. — Niall Griffiths, Grits, p. 30, 2000
- in sports, the inability to beat a certain opponent US
Used in many sports, but probably most commonly in tennis. - — Peter Schwed, How to Talk Tennis, p. 51, 1988
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