make a monkey out of vs take for a ride

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. 

take for a ride

verb
  • To deceive someone. 

  • To drive (a person) to a remote location in order to murder them. 

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