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
I admit I let then herders make a monkey of me....
From The Flying U Ranch by Bower, B. M.
Now, Marcus, I'll put up my arm for a pole; make a monkey of yourself.
From The Junior Classics — Volume 8 Animal and Nature Stories by Patten, William
To "make a monkey of one's self" might have its advantages from a sanitary point of view.
From Preventable Diseases by Hutchinson, Woods
