Hello, I'm a very interesting and intelligent man.
And today these baboons and I will be monkeying around to teach you a thing or two about English.
I bet you've never been taught by a monkey before.
Hmm, to monkey around… What do you think that could mean?
In English, 'to monkey around' means to behave in a silly or careless way. Pen! To monkey around.
Anyway, down to some serious business. The English language.
What a wonderful thing… The language of Shakespeare, the language of… Please stop talking, I'm trying to teach.
Where was I? … English, the language of …
Are you eating now?! Enough of this monkey business!
That's right. In English, we can call bad or dishonest behaviour 'monkey business'. Monkey business.
Hello it's me, the Teacher! I bet you didn't recognise me for a minute.
What's the matter? What do you mean I'm not taking this seriously?
I know you're a hard-working student of English. Don't worry, I'm not trying to make a monkey out of you.
In English, if we're trying to make someone look stupid we can say we're making a monkey out of them.
To make a monkey out of someone.
The only person round here I'm making a monkey out of is me.