put through the mill



put somebody through the mill

to ask someone a lot of difficult questions in order to test them They really put me through the mill in my interview.
See also: mill, put

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
MillaMEEL-lah (Finnish)Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish
Vikenti-Russian
SamuSAH-moo (Finnish)Hungarian, Finnish
PoulPOWLDanish
Ghislainzheez-LEN, gee-LENFrench
SiÔNSHONWelsh