词汇 | grist to the mill |
释义 | Idiom grist to the mill(all) grist to the mill British, American & Australian, American something that you can use in order to help you to succeed.As an actor, all experience is grist to the mill. grist to the millA useful resource in a particular situation. If my detractors hear about this blunder, it will just be grist to the mill. grist to the millexperience, material, or knowledge which can be turned to good use.Grist in the sense of ‘corn that is to be ground’ is now used only in this phrase and in the proverb all is grist that comes to the mill . The word is related to Old Saxon gristgrimmo meaning ‘gnashing of teeth’. |
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