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
Melek (2)-Turkish
JeaneJEENEnglish
Vance[væns]
Botum-Khmer
Dovydas-Lithuanian
FolkeFOL-ke (Swedish)Swedish, Norwegian, Danish