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• donkey's years
  очень долгое время

  Fanny had been working at a shoe factory for donkey's years before she retired.
• make a monkey out of (someone)
  заставить кого-либо выглядеть глупо, подшутить

  Anne's classmates made a monkey out of her by telling her the party was to be a masquerade.
• monkey around with (someone or something)
  попусту тратить время на кого-либо \ что-либо

  "Why are you monkeying around with your camera? You have a lot of homework to do."
• monkey business
  обман, неэтичное поведение, противозаконная деятельность

  Jack is involved in some monkey business; he'd better get rid of it otherwise he may go to prison.
• monkey on one's back
  серьёзная, не решённая проблема

  I am not very good at math, and my math course is a real monkey on my back.
• monkey see, monkey do
  копировать, "обезьянничать"

  It was monkey see, monkey do for Derek. He copied everything that his friend did.
• more fun than a barrel of monkeys
  очень смешной, забавный

  Jonny was more fun than a barrel of monkeys, and everybody loved to hear his jokes.