Give me a break!

My favourite expressions? Two come up to my mind:

Give me a break! Actually, I use it quite often, especially when my baby moans (poor little thing! I love you! ;-)

Monkey see, monkey do. I told you this morning in class. I learned it reading a very nice book I recommend: 'My family and other animals' by Gerald Durrell. By the way, Geoff, why don't they say 'monkey sees, monkey does'? I know you have no linguists therefore you don't follow any rules but... Or is it just for keeping up the distances between native speakers and second language learners? (ha ha!)