| 单词 | to bring grist to the mill |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto bring grist to the (one's) mill c. Phrases. to bring grist to the (one's) mill: to bring business to one's hands; to be a source of profit or advantage. all is grist that comes to his mill: he turns everything to account. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > be advantageous or beneficial [verb (intransitive)] > be a source of advantage to bring grist to the (one's) mill1583 society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > getting or making money > get or make money [verb (intransitive)] > bring in money to carry (also bring) meat in one's (also the) mouth1580 to bring grist to the (one's) mill1583 the world > action or operation > advantage > [phrase] > turn everything to account all is fish that comes to (also in) (his) net1523 all is grist that comes to his mill1885 1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie cxxiii. 755 There is no lykelihoode that those thinges will bring gryst to the mill. 1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity xx. 77 Such superstitious surmizes as these will indeed bring grist to the mill in plenty for them that infuse them into the heads of the people. 1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 210 The Computation of Degrees in..Matrimonial Causes..brings grist to the Mill by way of Dispensations. 1770 S. Foote Lame Lover i. 28 Well, let them go on, it brings grist to our mill. 1818 Ld. Byron To Murray 25 Mar. v Sermons to thy mill bring grist. 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xxxiv. 325 Meantime the fools bring grist to my mill, so let them live out their day. 1885 Harper's Mag. Feb. 397/1 It is all grist that comes to her mill. < as lemmas |
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