Monkey: figurative meaning and literal meaning

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Russian language is difficult and interesting because many words have not one, but two or more different meanings. Is no exception, and the noun "monkey". Figurative meaning it is used even more often than a Zoological term.

Core values

Adults And very young children know that this little monkey. It refers to the great apes, the distinctive feature is a fairly narrow nose and a long tail.

monkey: portable value

  • Monkeys are of medium or small size.
  • In the world there are 25 species of monkeys.
  • Children who you know, where they live, how they look and what they eat monkeys?
  • Did the famous monkey of the fable points?
  • Monkeys move through the trees with a long meter tails.
  • Monkeys are stealing food from the locals.

A Diminutive from the old male name "Martin" — also a Monkey. Figurative meaning of the word or not, think and decide for yourself.

  • All of his considerable fortune (money, an estate and bonds) he left his son a Monkey.
  • Monkey almost the entire day, slept in an Apple orchard.
  • Monkey — a rare, almost forgotten name.
  • The Name Martin means "belonging to Mars."

In addition, on the middle Volga the same word is called a Seagull.

  • Did you know that the popular name of a Seagull — "monkey".
  • Above the lake, flying white monkeys.
  • At dawn the cries of the hungry monkeys woke tired and therefore angry, fishermen and their dogs.
  • Monkeys eat fish.

Monkey: figurative meaning

In speaking of the monkey or the monkey is often called a restless child, ironically imitating someone think absolutely not his characteristic mannerisms, gestures, words, and faces.

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When the so-called adult, the word "monkey" in a figurative sense means "unpleasant, unattractive, ugly person." This word can offend or insult, because before so for someone to call, you need to think carefully.

Exercises on the development of speech

Study the examples and make suggestions with the word "monkey" in a figurative sense:

a sentence with the word monkey in a figurative sense

  • Stop the bullshit, it's nothing like monkey business!
  • You're dressed like a real monkey, ugly and ridiculous.
  • Literature in the ninth grade led nasty monkey: aquatic coarse ugly old woman.
  • The Man laughingly replied, "the redhead monkey next to the sandbox my youngest daughter maruska".
  • My group is visited by some monkeys: calm before the class is almost impossible.
  • Why sister Svetlana such a lovely girl and she freak out like this monkey?


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