Meanings & Examples:
1. slang A drug addiction.
- Did you hear? Pete checked himself into rehab to deal with the monkey on
his back.
- I've been clean and sober for nearly five years, but I can still feel the
monkey on my back breathing down my neck.
2. A persistent burden or problem.
- This project is such a monkey on my back right now-I can't wait for it to
be over.
- Trust me, don't get in debt. You don't want that monkey on your back.
https://www.thefreedictionary.com [edited]
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Alix Tichelman, the prostitute who walked away after injecting a lethal dose of
heroin into former Google executive Forest Hayes on his yacht Escape in Santa
Cruz on Nov 22, 2013, was sentenced to six years in jail for involuntary
manslaughter. CBS's 48-Hours looked into Tichelman's past and uncovered a
sensitive girl and hardened addict from a rich family. She was 26 when convicted
and I was thinking the six years behind bars a lucky break to get the monkey off
her back.
