Monkey on your back
to have an addicction, especially a drug addiction.
man, he’s got a monkey on him back! he’s so wasted!
to have some very burdensome nuisance you have to put up with–in a sense wider than just a drug or other addiction.
“that huge credit card payment is a real monkey on his back.” “trying to sell that white elephant must be a monkey on your back.”
to have a deep, uncontrollable desire to something such as gamble, smoke, or drink.
man he has that drinking monkey on his back, it is 9:30 in the morrning and he’s already drunk.
addiction, mostly heroin/morphine addiction.
hey dad, you been smacking da h again, quit it b-tch, you have a monkey on your back
but the morphine eased the pain,
and the gr-ss grew round his brain,
and gave him all the confidence he lacked,
with a purple heart and a monkey on his back.
there’s a hole in daddy’s arm where all the money goes,
-john prine – ‘sam stone’ a song about a vietnam vet returning to the us with a monkey on his back.
severe relentless back pain one gets during opiate withdrawal.
hardest part of detox will be the monkey on your back
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