monkey tricks

British  

plural noun

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

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monkey tricks

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

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.

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

However, we just managed by the skin of our teeth and the usual monkey tricks, to scramble up on board.

From Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 by Hamilton, Ian, Sir

He spoke to it; but ah, dear God! at his weak lifeless words, the old dog would not come out, but only carried on his monkey tricks with him.

From Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. I. by Freytag, Gustav