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
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
But when I suggested that it might be well for you to keep in practice I didn't mean for you to make a monkey of yourself.
From Blacksheep! Blacksheep! by Nicholson, Meredith
It's a dog mean trick of the manager to make a monkey of her.
From The Root of Evil by Dixon, Thomas
