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Comments on Puzzle #31475: American idiom 3
By Brian Bellis (mootpoint)

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Monkey shines

#1: besmirched tea (Besmirched Tea) on Aug 11, 2018

image really conveys the action
#2: Norma Dee (norm0908) on Aug 11, 2018
Fun. Ditto @1.
#3: Aurelian Ginkgo (AurelianGinkgo) on Aug 12, 2018
I think I may have heard the phrase, but it's not familiar. What does it mean?
#4: Norma Dee (norm0908) on Aug 12, 2018
: mischievous or playful activity : prank —usually used in plural grew tired of all the monkeyshines in his classroom
#5: Aurelian Ginkgo (AurelianGinkgo) on Aug 12, 2018
Thanks for the definition, Norma. :)
#6: Kristen Vognild (kristen) on Aug 13, 2018
Also the title of a Stephen King story!
#7: Kristen Vognild (kristen) on Aug 13, 2018
Like the band Green Day, I don't wanna be an American idiom.
#8: Bill Eisenmann (Bullet) on Aug 13, 2018
Kristen that could be a mondegreen!
#9: Aurelian Ginkgo (AurelianGinkgo) on Aug 13, 2018
And like Weird Al Yankovik, I don't want to be a Canadian idiom! (I'm not Canadian; I'm just adding to the joke.)

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