[grease monkey] {n., {slang} 1. A person who greases or works onmachinery; a mechanic or worker in a garage or gasoline station.
Hey, grease monkey, fill up my gas tank!
The grease monkey wasall dirty when he came out from under the car.
2. Airplane mechanic.
Jack was a grease monkey in the Air Force.
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Значение идиомы grease monkey