monkey tricks

British  

plural noun

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

---

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

Assuming a threatening air, he demanded how I dared to play such monkey tricks.

From Bidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison Fifteen Years in Solitude by Bidwell, Austin

Have you nothing better to do with your time, young sir, than to prowl about the streets playing monkey tricks on innocent passers-by?

From Betty Trevor by Prout, Victor

I tire every now and then of my monkey tricks, and the praise of all these women leaves me cold.

From Mrs. Warren's Daughter A Story of the Woman's Movement by Johnston, Harry Hamilton, Sir

"The girl's all right: but she's led by your infernal monkey tricks into thinking that I'm neglecting her; so naturally she pretends to take up with you."

From A Poached Peerage by Magnay, William