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单词 to bring grist to the mill
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to 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.
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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.
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