Idiom
grist for the mill
Meaning
Something that is useful or that creates a favorable opportunity.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Every experience is grist for the mill for a good writer.”
“She saved all her travel stories, knowing they would be grist for the mill when she started her new blog.”
“The politician viewed the recent economic downturn as grist for the mill, using the crisis to argue for his new legislative agenda.”
Examples
simple
“Every experience is grist for the mill for a good writer.”
contextual
“She saved all her travel stories, knowing they would be grist for the mill when she started her new blog.”
complex
“The politician viewed the recent economic downturn as grist for the mill, using the crisis to argue for his new legislative agenda.”
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