To have an addicction, especially a drug addiction.
by bluestorm100 March 13, 2005
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.
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 01, 2013
by XsubZ April 17, 2010
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
by Stan, Ricky, Cody, and Alex April 03, 2003
by CG May 13, 2004
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