​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