Last Updated :2025/11/23

make a monkey out of

Verb
idiomatic transitive
Japanese Meaning
誰かを馬鹿にして、笑いものにする / ある人や行動を愚かに見せかけ、軽蔑の対象にする
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その悪ふざけは新入社員を笑い者にするつもりだったが、結局主催者たちを恥ずかしめただけだった。

present singular third-person

participle present

participle past

past

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(idiomatic, transitive) To cause a person, group, or action to appear foolish or inferior; to subject someone or something to ridicule.

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make a monkey out of

The prank was meant to make a monkey out of the new intern, but it only embarrassed the organizers.

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The prank was meant to make a monkey out of the new intern, but it only embarrassed the organizers.

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