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Jetsetter Posted 22 years ago
Vocabulary

Help! meaning of sentenses

Hello!!
I don't know what the meanings of these sentenses are.
I would really appreciate it if you could help me!!

1. I felf like we got the monkey off our back.
2. Did I get stern with you?
3. Let me flip to the business side
4. either we knock the cover off the ball or we strike out.

Thank you!
  

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1. 'I felt like we got the monkey off our back' -- I felt that we had been relieved of an onerous responsibility. 2.

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  • 'I felt like we got the monkey off our back' -- I felt that we had been relieved of an onerous responsibility.
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  • ' -- If this is an idiom, I do not know it; to me, it simply asks whether I castigated you.
  • 3.
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1. 'I felt like we got the monkey off our back' -- I felt that we had been relieved of an onerous responsibility.

2. 'Did I get stern with you?' -- If this is an idiom, I do not know it; to me, it simply asks whether I castigated you.

3. 'Let me flip to the business side' -- Let me change the subject for a moment to the business aspect of our conversation.

4. 'Eithe
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I wouldn't use "monkey off your back." Like the expression "cold turkey" it has become connoted with junkies who are coming out of a post-use depression.
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Haziness of my mind has cleared. Thank you!!

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