- go (or put someone) through the mill
- go (or put someone) through the millundergo (or cause someone to undergo) an unpleasant experience.→ mill
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go (or put someone) through the mill
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put someone through the mill — put (someone) through the mill to ask someone a lot of difficult questions in order to test them. They really put me through the mill in my interview … New idioms dictionary
put someone through the mill — go through/put someone through/the mill phrase to experience a difficult or unpleasant period of time I hear Jim is really going through the mill with his divorce. The champions looked as if they were going to put their humble opponents through… … Useful english dictionary
through the mill — {adv. phr.} 1. Experienced. * /You could tell immediately that the new employee had been through the mill./ 2. Through real experience of the difficulties of a certain way of life. * /Poor Jerry has had three operations in one year, and now he s… … Dictionary of American idioms
through the mill — {adv. phr.} 1. Experienced. * /You could tell immediately that the new employee had been through the mill./ 2. Through real experience of the difficulties of a certain way of life. * /Poor Jerry has had three operations in one year, and now he s… … Dictionary of American idioms
put through the mill — put (someone) through the mill to ask someone a lot of difficult questions in order to test them. They really put me through the mill in my interview … New idioms dictionary
go through the mill — go through/put someone through/the mill phrase to experience a difficult or unpleasant period of time I hear Jim is really going through the mill with his divorce. The champions looked as if they were going to put their humble opponents through… … Useful english dictionary
go through the mill — If you go through the mill, you have a very unpleasant experience. If you put someone through the mill, you make them undergo an unpleasant experience … The small dictionary of idiomes
mill — mill1 [ mıl ] noun count * 1. ) a building where grain is made into flour a ) a machine used for crushing grain into flour b ) a small machine or tool used for crushing substances such as PEPPERCORNS or COFFEE BEANS 2. ) a factory where a product … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
mill — I UK [mɪl] / US noun [countable] Word forms mill : singular mill plural mills * 1) a building where grain is made into flour a) a machine used for crushing grain into flour b) a small machine or tool used for crushing substances such as… … English dictionary
mill — mill1 noun 1》 a building equipped with machinery for grinding grain into flour. ↘a piece of machinery for grinding grain. 2》 a domestic device for grinding a solid substance to powder: a pepper mill. 3》 a building fitted with machinery for a… … English new terms dictionary
