The higher the monkey climbs, the more he shows his behind Home The Lexicon The higher the monkey climbs, the more he shows his behind Thumbnail Phrase or WordThe higher the monkey climbs, the more he shows his behindDefinitionWolof proverb (Senegal, Gambia, Mauritania): as people gain power, their flaws become more visible.LanguageEnglishTypeFaunamorphSubcategoryPrimatesGrammatical SubcategorySayings/Similes/Aphorisms/Proverbs Previous itemIf you want to know something, don’t ask the monkey, ask the organ grinder Next itemMonkey see, monkey do!
