VOCABULARY - IDIOMS

Make a monkey out of

Meaning:

to cause a person, group, or action to appear foolish or inferior; to subject someone or something to ridicule.

Examples:

  • But it's the last time you'll make a monkey out of me.
  • We'll get a good lawyer and make a monkey out of him.
  • I knew the guards would make a monkey out of me someday.
  • They're trying to make a monkey out of him.
  • So, don't make a monkey out of man.
  • I think those monkeys are trying to make a monkey out of me!
  • Think you can make a monkey out of me?
  • No, don't make a monkey out of me, chum.
  • What did I ever do to you to try to make a monkey out of me?
  • Make a monkey out of you!