rumor mill

buy the rumor

To purchase an asset based on positive speculation or unconfirmed reports, anticipating a price rise before the positive development leading to it is confirmed by official news.

go through the mill

To experience the suffering or discipline necessary to bring one to a certain degree of knowledge or skill, or to a certain mental state.

grist for the mill

Something that is useful or that creates a favorable opportunity.

grist to the mill

Alternative form of grist for the mill.

pill mill

A clandestine operation where a medical worker illicitly offers prescription medication to patients in exchange for bribes.

rumor campaign

A method of persuasion in which damaging rumors or innuendo are deliberately spread concerning a person or other target, while the source of the rumors tries to avoid detection.

through the mill

Through a period of bad treatment or an ordeal.

trouble at mill

Problems outside the household, especially in the workplace.