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
"Well, Ed, I don't mind takin' a long chanct—but I sure don't aim to let any man make a monkey of me."
From The Ridin' Kid from Powder River by Brinkerhoff, R. M.
But you and he don't make a monkey of me again.
From The Miracle Man by Packard, Frank L. (Frank Lucius)
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
