mono-1
monkey ; ape.
For example, 629.1388 in DC has to house all documents on Astronautics documents on Instrumentation, Earth satellites, monkeys in space, Manned flights, and so on.
Edgar Rice Burroughs, best known as the creator of 'Tarzan of the Apes', is one of America's most popular writers of genre fiction = Edgar Rice Burroughs, best known as the creator of 'Tarzan of the Apes', is one of America's most popular writers of genre fiction.
Aunque la mona se vista de seda, mona se queda
You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear
You can take the boy out of the country, but you can't take the country out of the boy
Everybody knows 'you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear,' suggesting that something without inherent value can't be transformed into something valuable.
Or, as they say around here, 'You can take the boy out of the country, but you can't take the country out of the boy'.
hacer (la) mona
play + hooky
play + truant
skip + class
She admitted to having been the ringleader of the girls who played hooky.
They were like two peas in a pod but the only problem was that they did not like school and often played truant.
Some students, whose motivation is not too strong, resist the temptation to skip classes if they know that they will be examined at the end of the course.
mono enano
bonobo
The lion, chimpanzee, bonobo, gorilla, hyena, wolf, dog, sheep, cow and elephant cultures are less desirable than the cat culture, which has to operate on the principle that cats cannot be made to do anything that they do not wish to do.
ser el último mono
feel + pulled and tugged
This article describes a study of stress conducted in a university library using the following categories: workload; schedule and workday; feeling pulled and tugged; physical facilities; unchallenging work; and miscellaneous.
