​COLLECTIVE NOUNS, IDIOMS, METAPHORS, EXPRESSIONS AND SIMILES
Apes, Baboons, Chimpanzees, Gorillas, Lemurs, Loris, Monkeys, Orangutans, Tarsier

COLLECTIVE NOUNS
Apes
  • A shrewdness of apes
  • A troop of apes 
Baboons
  • A congress of baboons
  • A flange of baboons
  • A rumpus of baboons
  • A troop of baboons
  • A tribe of baboons
Chimpanzees:
  • A cartload of chimpanzees
  • A group of chimpanzees
  • A harem of chimpanzees
  • A troop of chimpanzees
  • A whoop of chimpanzees
Gorillas
  • A band of gorillas
  • A troop of gorillas
  • A whoop of gorillas
Lemurs
  • A congress of lemurs
  • A conspiracy of lemurs
  • A plot of lemurs
Loris
  • A colony loris
  • A drove of loris
  • A harem of loris
  • A troop of loris
Monkeys
  • A barrel of monkeys
  • A band of monkeys
  • A cartload of monkeys
  • A mission of monkeys
  • A tribe of monkeys
  • A troop of monkeys
  • A wilderness of monkeys
Orangutans
  • A buffoonery of orangutans
Tarsier
  • A harem of tarsier
  • A herd of tarsier
  • A plot of tarsier
  • A troop of tarsier
IDIOMS, METAPHORS AND EXPRESSIONS
  • A monkey wrench
  • A monkey's wedding
  • A right monkey
  • As the monkey said
  • Brass monkeys
  • Cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey
  • Get one's monkey up
  • Go ape over (something/someone)
  • I'll be a monkey's uncle
  • Monkey around
  • Monkey business
  • Monkey see, monkey do
  • Monkey suit
  • Monkey tricks
  • More fun than a barrel of monkeys
  • Naked ape
  • Parrots and monkeys
  • Throw a monkey wrench into the works
  • To ape something
  • To have a monkey on one's back
  • To make a monkey of ...
  • To monkey with ...
  • Who gives a monkey ...
SIMILES
  • As clever as a cartload of monkeys
  • As hairy as a gorilla​
  • As hairy as a monkey
  • As mischievous as a monkey