make a monkey out of

Meaning: (idiomatic,transitive)To cause a person, group, or action to appearfoolishorinferior; to subject someone or something toridicule.1835,James Fenimore Cooper, chapter 10, inThe Monikins:The rough old sealer swore some terrible oaths, protesting "that he would notmake a monkey ofhimself, by appearing in this garb."1960May 30, “Vive la R”, inTime:Across France last week, doctors were trying tomake a monkey ofthe government-controlled health-insurance system. . . . Doctors in many départements went on informal strike.2008April 28, Zafar Altaf, “Changing the resource base in farming”, inPakistan Dawn, retrieved 4 Oct. 2008:It is very difficult tomake a monkey out ofpolicy makers who can read and write and can argue a case logically.

Examples:

EN: I knew the guards would make a monkey out of me someday.
ES: Sabía que los guardias se burlarían de mí algún día.
EN: What are you guys trying to make a monkey out of me?
ES: ¿Os estáis burlando de mí?
EN: Are you gonna let that kid sister of mine make a monkey out of you?
ES: ¿Vas a dejar que mi hermana te mangonee?
EN: What did I ever do to you to try to make a monkey out of me?
ES: ¿Qué te he hecho yo para que te burles de mí?
EN: Up from the sticks to see me make a monkey out of that Oakley?
ES: Dejaré en ridículo a ese Oakley.
EN: You let that kid claim and make a monkey out of you in court.
ES: Quedaste como un mono comparado con Clay en la corte.
EN: Could you take it, Mr. Potter, or are you afraid we'd make a monkey out of you?
ES: ¿Lo soportaría, Sr. Potter, o tiene miedo de quedar como un tonto?
EN: Trying to make a monkey out of me.
ES: Quería tomarme el pelo.
EN: Now don't make a monkey out of me.
ES: No me deje en ridículo.
EN: Are you trying to make a monkey out of me?
ES: ¿Intentas que me comporte como un idiota?
EN: Well, I could make a monkey out of you. That's no trick.
ES: Podría convertirte en mono.
EN: A kid just out of lawschool could make a monkey out of me with set up like that.
ES: Cualquier novato podría ponerme en ridículo en un caso como éste.
EN: But it's the last time you'll make a monkey out of me.
ES: Pero es la última vez que te burlas de mí.
EN: What are you trying to do, make a monkey out of me?
ES: ¿Quieres hacerte el mono?
EN: I gave you your chance, now get going. Don't make a monkey out of me.
ES: No me hagan sentir ridículo.

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