英语词组a monkey on your back是什么意思，短语翻译、用法及例句-英语词组固定搭配大全

Idiom

a monkey on your backa monkey on (your) back

a serious problem that you cannot forget.

When you know you have to do everything perfectly, it puts a giant monkey on your back.

Usage notes: also used in the form get the monkey off your back - to end a problem:

By winning the championship, this team has finally got the monkey off its back.

Etymology: based on an earlier meaning of a monkey on your back (= a habit of using an illegal drug)

idioma monkey on your backused about a serious problem that stops you from succeeding at something, especially a feeling that you cannot do it or the knowledge that other people do not expect you to succeed ◆ often used about sport:For Seles, the issue of her absence from Wimbledon the year before remained the monkey on her back.The press and the experts had put the monkey on Greg's back that he couldn't win a major tournament.

a monkey on (one's) back

1. slang A drug addiction. Did you hear? Pete checked himself into rehab to deal with the monkey on his back.

2. A burden. This project is such a monkey on my back right now—I can't wait for it to be over.

monkey on (one's) back

A persistent burden or problem. Trust me, don't get in debt. You don't want that monkey on your back.

a monkey on your back

JOURNALISM

If you have a monkey on your back, you have a problem, often an emotional problem, that makes your life difficult for a long period. They haven't beaten United in three years and it's a monkey on their backs that they are desperate to shake off. Note: You can also say that you get the monkey off your back, meaning that you manage to end the problem. I'm just delighted to win and get the monkey off our back with a home victory at last. Note: `To have a monkey on your back' originally meant to be angry. Later it came to be used to say that someone was addicted to drugs; it is still used in this way today.

词组	a monkey on your back
释义	Idiom a monkey on your backa monkey on (your) back a serious problem that you cannot forget. When you know you have to do everything perfectly, it puts a giant monkey on your back. Usage notes: also used in the form get the monkey off your back - to end a problem: By winning the championship, this team has finally got the monkey off its back. Etymology: based on an earlier meaning of a monkey on your back (= a habit of using an illegal drug) idioma monkey on your backused about a serious problem that stops you from succeeding at something, especially a feeling that you cannot do it or the knowledge that other people do not expect you to succeed ◆ often used about sport:For Seles, the issue of her absence from Wimbledon the year before remained the monkey on her back.The press and the experts had put the monkey on Greg's back that he couldn't win a major tournament. a monkey on (one's) back 1. slang A drug addiction. Did you hear? Pete checked himself into rehab to deal with the monkey on his back. 2. A burden. This project is such a monkey on my back right now—I can't wait for it to be over. monkey on (one's) back A persistent burden or problem. Trust me, don't get in debt. You don't want that monkey on your back. a monkey on your back JOURNALISM If you have a monkey on your back, you have a problem, often an emotional problem, that makes your life difficult for a long period. They haven't beaten United in three years and it's a monkey on their backs that they are desperate to shake off. Note: You can also say that you get the monkey off your back, meaning that you manage to end the problem. I'm just delighted to win and get the monkey off our back with a home victory at last. Note: `To have a monkey on your back' originally meant to be angry. Later it came to be used to say that someone was addicted to drugs; it is still used in this way today.
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