monkey tricks

British  

plural noun

1. informal mischievous behaviour or acts, such as practical jokes

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Example Sentences

If the Egyptian army, "which is being aided and trained by Nazi instructors," tries any monkey tricks, Britain will defend itself.

From Time Magazine Archive

We could almost see the observers leaning over the fuselage to spy out if the British on Helles were up to the monkey tricks they had played at Suvla.

From Tell England A Study in a Generation by Raymond, Ernest

“But I don’t guess any of ’em’s likely to try monkey tricks.

From The Golden Woman A Story of the Montana Hills by Cullum, Ridgwell

All the muddy browns of the studio, with the yellow smear that passes for Rembrandtish light, are but the monkey tricks of lesser men.

From Promenades of an Impressionist by Huneker, James

I said to myself impersonally that it was impossible for a girl to do any monkey tricks about the La Chance gold with a man like me.

From The La Chance Mine Mystery by Gage, George W.