monkey on your back

To have a deep, uncontrollable desire to something such as Gamble, Smoke, or Drink.

Man he has that Drinking monkey on his back, it is 9:30 in the morrning and he's already drunk.

by Stan, Ricky, Cody, and Alex April 3, 2003

Monkey on your back

Addiction, mostly heroin/morphine addiction.

Hey dad, you been smacking da H again, quit it bitch, you have a monkey on your back

But the morphine eased the pain,
And the grass grew round his brain,
And gave him all the confidence he lacked,
With a Purple Heart and a monkey on his back.

There's a hole in daddy's arm where all the money goes,

-John Prine - 'Sam Stone' a song about a vietnam vet returning to the US with a monkey on his back.

by GG Allin11 September 1, 2013

to get the spadge monkey of your back

to have either fellatio or intercourse removing feelings of sexual tension

Geeze it feels good to get the spadge monkey off my back.

by CG May 12, 2004

monkey on my back

dealing with a drug problem

"i'm trying to kick this drug habit but there's a monkey on my back"

by bigronnis December 12, 2016

Monkey on your back

Severe relentless back pain one gets during opiate withdrawal.

hardest part of detox will be the monkey on your back

by XsubZ April 17, 2010

get the monkey off your back

To silence one's personal or media critics

If you are going to survive in the modern media or entertainment world, you better learn how to get the monkey off your back.

by Sexydimma April 24, 2021

get the monkey off your back

To silence one's personal or media critics

If you are going to survive in the modern media or entertainment world, you better learn how to get the monkey off your back.

by Sexydimma June 9, 2017