monkey paw | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic,usuallyattributive)Alternative form ofmonkey's paw.1995, Marcia Golub,Wish-bone‎[1], page334:"Seems we were all living bad dreams," he said. "Wishes coming true in amonkey-pawway."2003, Darren Greer,Tyler's Cape‎[2], page120:It was Tom'smonkey paw, that wish that he could be the provider in the family. Suddenly my father was dead and the gauntlet was passed to my oldest brother.2010, Ann Aguirre,Hell Fire‎[3], page304:For obvious reasons, I didn't trust demon favors. I had to think quickly, something that wouldn't backfire. There was a lesson to be learned from that wholemonkey pawdeal.For more quotations using this term, seeCitations:monkey paw.

Examples:

EN: Hey, is that one of those monkey paw dealies... that lets you wish for things?
ES: Hola, colega esclavo. ¿Es una de esas patas de mono que concede deseos?
EN: As I was saying, that whole monkey paw business is just an old story.
ES: Como decía, ese asunto de la garra del mono es sólo una vieja historia.
ES: Como decía, ese asunto de la garra del mono es sólo una vieja historia.
EN: Uh... is that, like, when you open up a book And, uh, like, read a story about a man who, like, Finds some old monkey paw?
ES: ¿Es, como abrir un libro y leer una historia, acerca de un hombre que encuentra una vieja garra de mono?
EN: I overheard this guy saying how he ripped off the Montecito Hotel... with a monkey paw.
ES: Oí decir cómo este hombre le arrancó el hotel Montecito ... con una pata de mono.
EN: That's my monkey paw!
ES: Esta es mi pata de mono.
EN: Oh, Jesus. What a waste of a monkey paw.
ES: Dios, que desperdicio de pata de mono.
EN: You know, when she died without a will. Leaving 16 Burke grandchildren to fight over a monkey paw umbrella and an autographed photo of Liberace.
ES: Sabes, cuando murió sin dejar testamento, dejó a 16 nietos Burke peleándose por un paraguas de una mano de mono y una foto firmada de Liberace.
EN: It's a puppet show. It's not a cursed monkey paw.
ES: Es un programa de muñecos, no es una pata de mono maldita.
EN: What is this monkey paw for?
ES: ¿Y la mano de mono?
ID: Untuk apa telapak monyet ini?
EN: What is the point of having a glowing orb section if you're gonna put the glowing orb in the monkey paw section?
ES: ¿De qué sirve tener una sección de esferas brillantes... si vas a poner la esfera brillante en la sección de puños de mono?
EN: "The monkey paw, it glows!"
ES: "¡La pata de mono brilla!".
EN: And then, the monkey paw goes,
ES: Y la pata de mono dice:
EN: What a waste of a monkey paw.
ID: Apa membuang-buang dari kaki monyet.
EN: It's not a cursed monkey paw.
ID: Itu bukan kutukan.
EN: So, you shot up the Nazi lab, stole the dumb monkey paw and Morden became Mr. Nobody.
ID: Jadi, kau menembaki lab Nazi, mencuri cakar monyet bodoh... Dan Morden menjadi Tn.Nobody.

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