mill Идиома
feel like a million dollars
feel like a million dollars/bucks
hundred/thousand/million and one
look like a million dollars
one in a million
run-of-the-mill
thanks a million
through the mill
feel like a million
He had a headache yesterday but feels like a million dollars today．他昨天还头痛，但今天却感到精神很好。
feel like a million (dollars)
He had a headache yesterday but feels like a million dollars today．他昨天还头痛，但今天却感到精神很好。
tilt at windmills
Idiom(s): tilt at windmillsTheme: FIGHTING
to fight battles with imaginary enemies; to fight against unimportant enemies or issues. (As with the fictional character, Don Quixote, who attacked windmills.)
• Aren't you too smart to go around tilting at windmills?
• I'm not going to fight this issue. I've wasted too much of my life tilting at windmills.
millstone about one's neck
Idiom(s): millstone about one's neckTheme: BURDEN
a continual burden or handicap.
• This huge and expensive house is a millstone about my neck.
• Bill's inability to read is a millstone about his neck.
grist for one's mill
Idiom(s): grist for one's millTheme: POTENTIAL
something that can be put to good use or that can bring advantage or profit. (Grist was corn brought to a mill to be ground and so kept the mill operating.)
• Some of the jobs that we are offered are more interesting than others, but each one is grist for my mill.
• The company is having to sell some tacky-looking dresses, but they are grist for their mill and keep the company in business.
been through the mill
Idiom(s): been through the millTheme: EXHAUSTION
been badly treated; exhausted. (Informal.)
• This has been a rough day. I've really been through the mill.
• This old car is banged up, and it hardly runs. It's been through the mill.
Grist for the mill
Something that you can use to your advantage is grist for the mill. ('Grist to the mill' is also used.)Millstone round your neck
A millstone around your neck is a problem that prevents you from doing what you want to do.feel like a million|a million|dollar|dollars|feel|
v. phr., informal To be in the best of health and spirits. I feel like a million this morning. He had a headache yesterday but feels like a million dollars today.Compare: LOOK LIKE A MILLION.
gin mill|gin|mill
n., slang A bar where liquor is sold. Rush Street in Chicago is full of gin mills.Synonym: SPEAKEASY.
look like a million dollars|a million dollars|doll
v. phr., informal To look well and prosperous; appear healthy and happy and lucky; look pretty and attractive. John came back from Florida driving a fine new car, tanned and glowing with health. He looked like a million dollars. Dressed in the new formal and in a new hairdo, Betty looked like a million dollars.Compare: FEEL LIKE A MILLION.
mill around|mill
v. phr. To move impatiently in no particular direction. The crowd milled around, waiting for the arrival of the president.millstone around one's neck|millstone|neck
n. phr. An intolerable burden. Max said that his old car was a millstone around his neck.Compare: MONKEY ON ONE'S BACK.
through the mill|mill|through
adv. phr. 1. Experienced. You could tell immediately that the new employee had been through the mill. 2. Through real experience of the difficulties of a certain way of life. Poor Jerry has had three operations in one year, and now he's back in the hospital. He's realty gone through the mill.Compare: GO THROUGH HELL AND HIGH WATER, COME HELL OR HIGH WATER.
tilt at windmills|tilt|windmill|windmills
v. phr., literary To do battle with an imaginary foe (after Cervantes' Don Quixote). John is a nice guy but when it comes to departmental meetings he wastes everybody's time by constantly tilting at windmills.go through the mill
go through the millsee through the mill.
mill
millsee grist for the mill; mills of the gods grind slowly; run of the mill; through the mill; tilt at windmills.
millennium
millennium1.
the millennium
Christian Theol. the period of 1,000 years during which Christ will reign on earth: Rev. 20:1-5
2.
the millennium
Christian Theol. the period of 1,000 years during which Christ will reign on earth: Rev. 20:1-5
million
millionsee feel like oneself; look like a million dollars; one in a million.
mills of the gods grind slowly
mills of the gods grind slowlyOne's destiny is inevitable even if it takes considerable time to arrive. For example, I'm sure he'll be wealthy one day, though the mills of the gods grind slowly. This expression comes from ancient Greek, translated as “The mills of the gods grind slowly, but they grind small.” In English it appeared in George Herbert's Jacula Prudentum (1640) as “God's mill grinds slow but sure.”
millstone around one's neck
millstone around one's neckA heavy burden, as in Julie finds Grandma, who is crabby, a millstone around her neck. The literal hanging of a millstone about the neck is mentioned as a punishment in the New Testament (Matthew 18:6), causing the miscreant to be drowned. Its present figurative use was first recorded in a history of the Quakers (c. 1720).
run of the mill
run of the millOrdinary, average, as in There's nothing special about these singers—they're just run of the mill. This expression alludes to fabrics coming directly from a mill without having been sorted or inspected for quality. It has survived such similar phrases as run of the mine and run of the kiln, for the products of mines and kilns. [Late 1800s]
windmill
windmillsee tilt at windmills.
An mill idiom dictionary is a great resource for writers, students, and anyone looking to expand their vocabulary. It contains a list of words with similar meanings with mill, allowing users to choose the best word for their specific context.
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