make a monkey out of vs twit

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. 

twit

verb
  • To reproach, blame; to ridicule or tease. 

  • To ignore or killfile (a user on a bulletin board system). 

noun
  • A foolish or annoying person. 

  • A reproach, gibe or taunt. 

  • A person who twitters, i.e. chatters inanely. 

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