Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—M

More Kicks than Hapence

Like the monkey which plays tricks for his master. The monkey gets the kicks and the master the ha'pence.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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