What You Have Here is a Goat on a Rope!

Remind me to tell you of the time when I sat through a training class, and the instructor kept saying, "now,you really got a goat on a rope" (and other permutations of sentences featuring goat on a rope).  I'm not from these here parts, so I giggled each and every time he said it.  Apparently, there are a lot of times one can find him or herself with a goat on a rope.  I would just like a goat, please.  I assume the goat will eat the rope.

Here's a literal translation of a goat on a rope.  Added bonus: with monkey!