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the organ grinder, not the monkey n

(idiomatic) Synonym of organ grinder (“the person who is in charge, rather than a lackey or representative; the person truly responsible for another's actions”) Happy birthday, Jane Goodall! The English anthropologist and primatologist was born on this day 90 years ago in 1934.

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