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more fun than a barrel of monkeys

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Cliché a great deal of fun. (Compare this with as funny as a barrel of monkeys.) Roger always makes me laugh! He is as much fun as a barrel of monkeys. The circus was more fun than a barrel of monkeys.

more fun than a barrel of monkeys

Very amusing or diverting, as in That video game was more fun than a barrel of monkeys. This expression, first recorded in 1895, alludes to the playful behavior of these primates.

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When you play a gorilla, life isn't always as much fun as a barrel of monkeys.

TALES OF LIFE IN A GORILLA SUIT

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