make a monkey of
Example Sentences
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A voice: "Ah need no pussuading that, whethuh o' not a monkey made a man of himself, a man kin make a monkey of himself."
From Time Magazine Archive
Across France last week, doctors were trying to make a monkey of the government-controlled health-insurance system.
From Time Magazine Archive
You tenderfeet make a monkey of Gus and then capture one of his men.
From Comrades of the Saddle The Young Rough Riders of the Plains by Webster, Frank V.
Do you mean to say--oh, come now, old man, don't stand up there and try to make a monkey of me.
From Nedra by McCutcheon, George Barr
It's a dog mean trick of the manager to make a monkey of her.
From The Root of Evil by Dixon, Thomas
