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grist for the mill



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Idioms and Phrases

Something that can be used to advantage, as in These seemingly useless data will be grist for the mill when he lodges a complaint . This expression alludes to grist , the amount of grain that can be ground at one time. [Late 1500s]
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Example Sentences

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His claims have been laughed out of court more than 60 times — all grist for the mill, for those who blame the deep state.

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Those who’ve had the misfortune of being associated with him in anything from friendship to kinship end up grease for the engine, grist for the mill, and are run over by the Trump bus.

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The book, after all, was about blindness, so everything was grist for the mill: the struggles and heartaches, as well as the companionship and connection that came from being with other blind people.

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She wants cash, and she doesn’t care about the ethics of swindling her father — just as he doesn’t care about stealing from and blackmailing the elderly women drawn to his heartthrob act, and just as Seidl himself doesn’t care about using others as grist for the mill of his art practice.

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And even the peculiar prejudices of the island became grist for the mill once Booster read Austen’s novel and realized that her story of social stratification would map neatly onto his own experiences.

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