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monkey on your back

To have some very burdensome nuisance you have to put up with--in a sense wider than just a drug or other addiction.
"That huge credit card payment is a real monkey on his back." "Trying to sell that white elephant must be a monkey on your back."
by Guthlac A February 10, 2010
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Put on the back burner

What guys or girls do to people they're undecided about by stringing them along making occasional contact but not consistently acting interested.
I knew I was put on the back burner when he asked me out for the following weekend, then seemed confused when I called a few days later to confirm.
by Sarcastic Cynic August 19, 2011
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Put the team on your back

One's will to carry the team, and not let any obstacle come in between.
I can't believe we were about to lose that tennis match. Way to put the team on your back and win it all!
by your friend greg May 7, 2011
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does Dolly Parton sleep on her back?

obviously, of course, definitely yes, are you fucking kidding me?
The expression - used sarcastically to answer a rhetorical question - refers to the lovely American singer and actress, whose huge breasts probably lead her to lie down on her back to sleep.
I found my lucky pair of shoes when I was offered a job to do a TV report on shoe fashions. I was a television correspondent and was asked to review the new shoe styles at all the sleek and swanky boutiques around Manhattan. Would I be interested? Does Dolly Parton sleep on her back?
by Colourful English May 2, 2006
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knocking on the back door

When a man feigns an attempt at anal penetration in order to startle his partner.
Woman: I told you I don't do that!

Man: Don't worry, I'm just knocking on the back door.
by wiggy_G November 20, 2009
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Monkey on your back

To have an addicction, especially a drug addiction.
Man, he's got a monkey on him back! He's so wasted!
by bluestorm100 March 12, 2005
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lie on your back and think of england

face it, you're gonna get screwed.
when james told me he was going to join bally total fitness, i told him to lie on his back and think of england.
by Kfifty July 12, 2005
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