e/Monkey see, monkey do

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has gloss	eng: Monkey see, monkey do is a saying that popped up in American culture in the early 1920s. The saying refers to the learning of a process without an understanding of why it works. Another definition implies the act of mimicry, usually with limited knowledge of the consequences.
lexicalization	eng: Monkey see, monkey do
instance of	(noun) a short pithy instructive saying apophthegm, aphorism, apothegm