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trouble at mill

idiom

Problems outside the household, especially in the workplace.


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Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    borrow trouble

    To worry about future events not in one's control and that may not come to pass.

  2. 02

    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.

  3. 03

    grist for the mill

    Something that is useful or that creates a favorable opportunity.

  4. 04

    grist to the mill

    Alternative form of grist for the mill.

  5. 05

    pill mill

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

  6. 06

    rumor mill

    A process in which a group or network of persons originate or promulgate gossip and other unsubstantiated claims.

  7. 07

    teething trouble

    Synonym of teething troubles.

  8. 08

    through the mill

    Through a period of bad treatment or an ordeal.

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