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
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
For instance: The man who imitates his betters is the easiest man to make a monkey of.
From The Silly Syclopedia by Lott, Noah [pseud.]
There is everything on earth ordered to eat, and all the children in the colony are asked to come and play with you, and you make a monkey of yourself.”
From The Cricket by Williams, J. Scott (John Scott)
