Monkey Go Round

If you monkey around, you might do a few random tasks, but mostly you're just fooling around. The expression comes from the way monkeys play: they don't accomplish much, but they have a lot of fun.To monkey around' means to behave in a silly or careless way. "No more monkeying around! Let's get serious about the project." "They have been monkeying around so they did not get anything done."behaviour that is not acceptable or is dishonest: The teacher suspected that there had been some monkey business going on while she was out of the room. Cheating & tricking.