Idiom
cheeky monkey
Meaning
An impudent person, usually a child.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Stop hiding my keys, you cheeky monkey!”
“The toddler giggled as he stole his sister's toy, proving he was a real cheeky monkey.”
“Even when caught red-handed with the stolen cookies, the boy offered a grin that revealed him to be a truly incorrigible cheeky monkey.”
Examples
simple
“Stop hiding my keys, you cheeky monkey!”
contextual
“The toddler giggled as he stole his sister's toy, proving he was a real cheeky monkey.”
complex
“Even when caught red-handed with the stolen cookies, the boy offered a grin that revealed him to be a truly incorrigible cheeky monkey.”
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