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grist for the mill |
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grist for the mill and grist for someone's mill; grist to the mill Fig. something useful or needed. Bob bases the novels he writes on his own experience, so everything that happens to him is grist for the mill. Ever since I started making patchwork quilts, every scrap of cloth I find is grist for the mill. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Castro said the official repression of the past is as much grist for the mill as are public attitudes. If I am at a meeting with any of my patients, I understand that everything I say and do is grist for the mill. The vets in our program are diligently working on their "stuff' and give me grist for the mill in working on my "stuff. |
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