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  • grist for the mill — Something that you can use to your advantage is grist for the mill. ( Grist to the mill is also used.) …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • mill — 1 noun (C) 1 a building containing a large machine for crushing grain into flour, or the machine itself: an old mill with a ruined water wheel 2 a factory that produces materials such as cotton, cloth, steel: a woollen mill 3 coffee/pepper mill a …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • grist for the mill —    Something that you can use to your advantage is grist for the mill. ( Grist to the mill is also used.)   (Dorking School Dictionary) …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • Grist — Grist, n. [AS. grist, fr. grindan. See {Grind}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Ground corn; that which is ground at one time; as much grain as is carried to the mill at one time, or the meal it produces. [1913 Webster] Get grist to the mill to have plenty in …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • grist to the mill — 1. Raw material for feeding a process 2. Anything that can be turned to profit or advantage • • • Main Entry: ↑grist * * * grist to the mill phrase something that can be used for achieving an aim Sex scandals are grist to the mill of the tabloid… …   Useful english dictionary

  • grist for your/the mill — (US) (or Brit grist to your/the mill) : something that can be used for a particular purpose Now that he s a writer, he regards his difficult childhood experiences as grist for the mill. [=he regards them as material that he can use as a writer] • …   Useful english dictionary

  • grist — [grıst] n [: Old English; Origin: grain to be broken into small pieces ] (all) grist to the mill BrE (all) grist for the mill AmE something that is useful in a particular situation ▪ Any publicity is good it s all grist to the mill …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • grist — [grist] n. [ME < OE, akin to OHG grist in gristgrimmon, to gnash the teeth: for prob. IE base see GRIME] grain that is to be or has been ground; esp., a batch of such grain grist to someone s mill or grist for someone s mill anything that… …   English World dictionary

  • grist-mill — gristˈ mill noun A mill for grinding grain • • • Main Entry: ↑grist …   Useful english dictionary

  • grist for/to your/the mill — see ↑grist • • • Main Entry: ↑mill …   Useful english dictionary

  • grist — ► NOUN 1) corn that is ground to make flour. 2) malt crushed to make mash for brewing. ● grist to the mill Cf. ↑grist to the mill ORIGIN Old English, grinding …   English terms dictionary

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