Meaning of monkey paw | Babel Free

Examples

“"Seems we were all living bad dreams," he said. "Wishes coming true in a monkey-paw way."”

“It was Tom's monkey paw, that wish that he could be the provider in the family. Suddenly my father was dead and the gauntlet was passed to my oldest brother.”

“For obvious reasons, I didn't trust demon favors. I had to think quickly, something that wouldn't backfire. There was a lesson to be learned from that whole monkey paw deal.”

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