monkey business

monkey business
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1) дурачества, проделки; "фокусы", "штучки", "номера" [первонач. амер.]

‘Some of the men plan to kill you,’ said his father. ‘They don't mean any monkey business. They're as mad as hornets.’ (V. Fisher, ‘Children of God’, part I, ch. IV) — - Кое-кто из этих людей собирается убить тебя, - сказал его отец. - И это не шутки. Они прямо в бешенстве.

I'll have to shoot you, old man, if you try any monkey business. (S. Heym, ‘The Crusaders’, book II, ch. 2) — Придется вас, милейший, застрелить, если вы будете валять дурака.

2) странное, подозрительное, не совсем чистое дело, махинация (тж. funny business)

What's right is right, and there's no two ways about it. No funny business. No trickery. (W. Saroyan, ‘The Adventures of Wesley Jackson’, ch. 42) — Что справедливо, то справедливо - тут не может быть двух мнений. Никаких махинаций. Никакого обмана.


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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