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 don’t think it is necessary for a man to make a monkey of himself just for the pleasure of mastering a language.
From A House-Boat on the Styx by Bangs, John Kendrick
"Think I'm going to make a monkey of myself at my age?"
From A Daughter of the Dons A Story of New Mexico Today by Raine, William MacLeod
You won't; but you'll make a monkey of Rob Marline, and I'll bet on it.
From Frank Merriwell's Return to Yale by Standish, Burt L.
