Idiom
go through the mill
Meaning
To experience the suffering or discipline necessary to bring one to a certain degree of knowledge or skill, or to a certain mental state.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“New recruits really go through the mill during their first month.”
“After going through the mill in medical school, she finally felt ready to handle any emergency in the hospital.”
“Having gone through the mill of intense professional training, the young musician possessed a technical mastery that far surpassed his peers.”
Examples
simple
“New recruits really go through the mill during their first month.”
contextual
“After going through the mill in medical school, she finally felt ready to handle any emergency in the hospital.”
complex
“Having gone through the mill of intense professional training, the young musician possessed a technical mastery that far surpassed his peers.”
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