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
I give you plain instructions what to do at Kamatlah and you let Elliot make a monkey of you.
From The Yukon Trail A Tale of the North by Wolfe, George Ellis
This crusher which threatened all his plans and promises would make a monkey of him in New York, he reflected.
From Joan of Arc of the North Woods by Day, Holman
To "make a monkey of one's self" might have its advantages from a sanitary point of view.
From Preventable Diseases by Hutchinson, Woods
