北京人在纽约

[tianjinpete]

有人问,"今儿不是金丝猴吗?" (北京人在纽约)

金丝猴 = 金头发的外国人,对吗? derogatory, right?

[roddy]

I don't think it's a common term, it's a nickname the people applying for visas give to one of the two visa officers at the embassy at the start of the book. I guess you could say it's derogatory, but only as far as any nickname with 'monkey' in it is hardly going to be respectful.

“不是真猴。这是他们给领事们起的绰号。金丝猴是指的一头

金发的女领事，据说，这位女士挺和气；胡子是说的另一个男领事，听说那男的不好说话，

好象不会干别的，就会拒签。”

From here

[artofwar]

it's NOT commonly-used at all.