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monkey up
Language:
Meanings:
1.
Worldwide
colloquial US
informal
neutral
To lift, hoist, or place someone or something into a higher or elevated position; to secure or fasten in a raised location.
2.
US
UK
informal
colloquial
To be engaged in mischief, foolish activity, or illicit behavior; to be 'up to' something (often used to ask what someone is doing).
3.
US
informal
pejorative
To send or assign an unqualified, unsuitable, or token person to perform a task; to deploy an inferior substitute to do another's work.
4.
US
informal
slang
To produce, provide, or raise money or resources; to come up with a required sum or contribution.
Examples:
EN:
You fixing to send a monkey up in that thing?
ES:
¿Piensas mandar un mono dentro de ella?
EN:
Looks like a fucking monkey up there.
ES:
Parece un maldito mono.
EN:
I'd rather be a pig than an ass-monkey up on his high horse.
ES:
Prefiero ser un cerdo que un estúpido arrogante.
EN:
Officer, just chain the monkey up in there, will you?
ES:
Agente, encadene al mono
EN:
- Brad would monkey up this way.
ES:
- Brad subía por este lado.
EN:
You can dress a monkey up in silk, but she's still a monkey.
ES:
Es que la mona aunque se vista de seda, mona se queda.
EN:
How much can you monkey up for the Americans.
HI:
आप अमेरिकियों के लिए कितना बंदर कर सकते हैं।
EN:
I wanna pick this monkey up personally.
ES:
Iré yo mismo a por ese mono.
EN:
David... He's an earl's son. He once got the pole stuck and we left him in the middle of the river like a monkey up a stick.
ES:
David, hijo de un conde, una vez se le atascó el poste.
EN:
The meaning of life... monkey up balcony Remove it
ES:
El sentido de la vida... Llévense ese mono !
EN:
âWhat mischief is your monkey up to now, ma'am?
ES:
¿Qué travesura está planeando ahora, su mono, señora?
EN:
What's this monkey up to?
ES:
¿Qué dice este mico?
EN:
Gus is saying that we all heard rumors they want to send a monkey up first.
ES:
Todos hemos oído rumores de que primero quieren enviar un mono.
EN:
None of us wants them to send a monkey up to do a man's work.
ES:
No queremos que envíen un mono para hacer el trabajo de un hombre.
EN:
And meanwhile, there's a monkey up above in the trees.
ES:
Y mientras tanto, hay un mono trepado en los árboles.
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