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
"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
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 Hall, Benjamin Homer
Also I found food for profound meditation in the Mixer's assertion that the woman's sole aim was to "make a monkey" of the Honourable George.
From Ruggles of Red Gap by Wilson, Harry Leon
