monkey's allowance

Noun

uncountable

More abuse than profit.

Japanese Meaning

利益よりも酷使される負担が大きく、むしろ損失が目立つ状態を意味する。 / （酷使や乱用することによって）得られる利益が少なく、逆に負担が過大になる状況

What is this buttons?

Agreeing to manage the faulty software became a monkey's allowance that earned us more abuse than profit.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

欠陥のあるソフトウェアの管理を引き受けることは利益より害が大きく、私たちが得たのは非難ばかりだった。

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More abuse than profit.

"Well, then, you're like a young bear, all your sorrows to come—that's all, my hearty," replied he. "When you get on board, you'll find monkey's allowance—more kicks than half-pence.[…]"

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