get the monkey off

get the monkey off
амер.; жарг.
перестать употреблять наркотики [выражение образовано по контрасту с have a monkey on one's back; см. have a monkey on one's back]

...so hooked on morphine that there would be no getting the monkey off without another's help. (DAS) — Он так пристрастился к морфию, что без постороннего вмешательства ему от этой пагубной привычки не избавиться.


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

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