APPROVE OF THE MONKEY ON ONE'S BACK
| 14:17 Nov 24, 2000 |
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19 hrs
tendenza al bere Explanation: L'espressione tedesca "avere una scimmia sulle spalle"significa essere ubriachi o peggio essere alcolizzati,come ricordo di aver sentito in Germania. Scimmia significava anche zaino ( Tornister dal cecoslovacco, lat.canister) ed i soldati (che portavano lo zaino) evidentemente erano portati al bere.Potrebbe quindi significate quanto ho azzardato cioè la tendenza al bere ma non è ben chiaro l'uso di "approve of" che non esiste come sostantivo in nessun dizionario. Spero di esser stato un pò utile. |
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s.b. Explanation: I'm not really sure what your source and target languages are in this context. However, here is what I found: CED: 'to have a monkey on one's back': US and Canadian slang for an addicts dependence on a drug Sansoni:1)einen Affen haben = avere una sbornia, essere ubriaco 2)Affe = ubriacatura, sbornia to approve of: German: billigen, gutheissen Italian: approvare hope this helps. s.a. |
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