Idioms

Teacher Man MONKEYS AND APES IDIOMS

T h i s m o n t h w e a r e l o o k i n g a t s o m e m o n k e y i d i o m s .

Not give a monkey’s If you “don’t give a monkey’s about something”, you don’t care about that thing. So, everyone has been talking about me, have they? Well, I don’t give a monkey’s. If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys If you offer low salaries (peanuts), you get poor workers (monkeys). I know that the new employee is completely useless, but what do you expect: if you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Brass monkey weather Very, very cold. I’d take your hat and scarf with you cos it’s brass monkey weather out there. Go ape To become very angry. When Jenny sees what you’ve done to her car, she’ll go ape.

Monkey about If someone is “monkeying about”, they are behaving in a silly way. Listen to that noise coming from upstairs. The children are monkeying about again. Make a monkey out of someone To do something that makes someone seem stupid. That’s enough! Nobody makes a monkey out of me.