What does Monkey work, baboon chop mean?

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A biting idiom describing injustice, where one person works like a "monkey" and another (the "baboon") eats the fruit of that labor. It's used to complain about situations where someone does the work and someone else takes the money or credit. For example: If I do all the sales and oga takes the profit, that's monkey work, baboon chop. (English, meaning "I do all the work and my boss takes the money – an unfair situation.")

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