fun vs make a monkey out of

fun

verb
  • To tease, kid, poke fun at, make fun of. 

adj
  • Enjoyable or amusing. 

  • Whimsical or flamboyant. 

noun
  • playful, often noisy, activity. 

  • amusement, enjoyment or pleasure 

make a monkey out of

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

How often have the words fun and make a monkey out of occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )