make a monkey of
Example Sentences
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Across France last week, doctors were trying to make a monkey of the government-controlled health-insurance system.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
If they won't keep company with squirts and dandies, who's going to make a monkey of himself?—Maj.
From A Collection of College Words and Customs by Benjamin Homer Hall
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 George Barr McCutcheon
It's a dog mean trick of the manager to make a monkey of her.
From The Root of Evil by Thomas Dixon
