be put through the wringer

To be subjected to some ordeal, difficulty, trial, or punishment; to undergo an unpleasant experience. Between my mother's bout with cancer, Jenny losing her job, and the bank threatening to foreclose on the house, our family has really been put through the wringer this year. Jake wasn't a great fit for the military, and he was constantly being put through the wringer for disobedience.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Aino	IE-no (Finnish)	Finnish, Finnish Mythology
Woden	WO-dən (English)	Anglo-Saxon Mythology
Sara	SAH-rah (Spanish, Finnish, Dutch, Polish), ZAH-rah (German), SER-ə (English), SAR-ə (English), SAH:-rah (Arabic)	Greek, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Catalan, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Finnish, German
Vida (1)	-	Hungarian
Goteleib	-	Ancient Germanic
Bistra	-	Bulgarian, Macedonian