monkey's paw | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic,usuallyattributive)Asituationin which awishordesirehas beenfulfilled, but at significantcostor withironic, usuallyunfavourableconsequences.2015October 19, Sam Kriss with Thom Phipps, “Who really ever owns a tweet? The story of a 140-character message gone viral, and the man who stole it”, inThe Daily Telegraph:It’s given me everything I thought I wanted – riches, lucre, affluence, having lots of money, and being very wealthy – but withmonkey’s-pawprecision it’s turned all my dreams against me.2017October 11, Helen Rosner, “What Le Cirque Will Be Remembered For”, inThe New Yorker:It’s amonkey’s pawof a legacy, to have birthed an immortal gastronomic titan but not to have attained immortality of one’s own.2020April 2, Brian Feldman, “Welcome (Back) to the Appointment Internet”, inNew York:For many people, the extended period of quarantine and working from home necessitated by the coronavirus outbreak has turned into amonkey’s pawsituation — a theoretical wish come true that has significant downsides.2021March 27, Brian Marks, “Tom Hanks' rapper son Chet Hanks gets lambasted on social media after declaring that 'white boy summer' is on the way”, inThe Daily Mail:One person joked that Chet was the result of amonkey's pawsituation with his father. ¶ 'Chet hanks is the price tom hanks paid to become tom hanks,' they wrote.; Used other than figuratively or idiomatically:seemonkey,‎paw.

Examples:

EN: - "The monkey's paw." That's what it was.
ES: - "La pata del mono".
EN: Do you know the story of "the monkey's paw"?
ES: ¿Conoces el cuento "La pata del mono"?
EN: That's the story of the old couple who are given a monkey's paw... Which entities them to three wishes.
ES: Es el cuento de la pareja mayor que recibe una pata de mono... que da derecho a tres deseos.
EN: It is a monkey's paw, dating back to Al-Al Ben Abdallah.
ES: Es una pata de mono, de la época de Al-Al Ben Abdallah.
EN: That monkey's paw is going to make our dreams come true.
ES: Esa pata de mono hará realidad nuestros sueños.
EN: The monkey's paw.
ES: La garra del mono.
ES: La garra del mono.
EN: A box with a hole big enough For a monkey's paw.
ES: Una caja con un agujero lo suficientemente grande para la pata de un mono.
ES: Una caja con un agujero lo suficientemente grande para la pata de un mono.
EN: It's all in place. That diamond is as big as a damn monkey's paw.
ES: No tienes de qué preocuparte, todo está en orden.
EN: Danny, what are you doing? DANNY: A monkey's paw.
ES: Danny, ¿qué estás haciendo?
EN: It's called a monkey's paw. We got a monkey's paw.
ES: Se llama pata de un mono.
ES: Se llama pata de un mono.
EN: When's the last time you heard of somebody using a monkey's paw?
ES: No es nada.
EN: Think about the midas touch, the monkey's paw.
ES: Piensen en el toque de Midas, la pata de mono.
EN: ♪ My dick is bigger than a monkey's paw... ♪
ES: Mi polla es más grande que la pata de un mono...
EN: It's a monkey's paw, huh?
ES: Es un deseo mal pedido.
EN: The one with the monkey's paw.
ES: El relato de la pata del mono.

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