ape
(plural: ‘apes‘)
one of the five great apes, chimpanzee
a kind of animal – mammal – large monkey without a tail, but with a lot of hair; there are five kinds: orang-utan, gorilla, chimpanzee (& bonobo or pygmy chimpanzee), gibbon and human; found in Asia and Africa
female ~~ female
baby ~~ baby
group ~~ shrewdness, troop (humans – crowd)
voice (call) ~~ gibber (humans – talk)
1.
ape = (verb) to imitate others in a thoughtless manner; (noun) a person who imitates; a clumsy, dirty and ill-mannered person; a man with a large hairy body
2.
to go ape (also ‘to go ape-shit’) = to go wrong mentally; to go wild, act crazy; to be reduced to animal instincts – no logical thinking; very excited
3.
as drunk as an ape = very, very drunk – having too much alcohol
4.
as wise as an ape
5.
to lead apes in hell = to die unmarried
6.
old apes have old eyes = experienced people see things that inexperienced ones cannot or do not see
7.
the higher the ape climbs, the more he shows his arse (ass/back part) = the higher a man’s position is, the more he shows his indecent nature
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