make a monkey out of

Kim will make a monkey out of Don, just as Mueller will.

“Evolution mama,” it goes, “don’t you make a monkey out of me.”

‘Nobody can make a monkey out of anyone who isn’t a monkey to start with.’

“They can make a monkey out of me as long as I get some money.”

He pulled the door open again and, waving his hat in the air said, "You pikers will never git another chance to make a monkey out of me," and slammed the door.