go through the mill

to experience a very difficult or unpleasant period in your life She really went through the mill with that son of hers.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Koray	-	Turkish
Ilda	-	Italian
Laurette	-	French
Elihu	i-LIE-hyoo (English), ee-LIE-hyoo (English)	Biblical, Biblical Hebrew, English (Archaic)
Achard	[ə'ʃa:]
Boyle	[bɔil]