put (someone) through the mangle

To subject someone to some ordeal, difficulty, trial, or punishment; to force someone to undergo an unpleasant experience. My mother's recent bout with cancer has really put us through the mangle this year. I don't think Jake is a great fit for the military. His superiors are constantly putting him through the mangle for his disobedience.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Charlot	shar-LO	French
Fulvius	-	Ancient Roman
Findlay	-	Scottish
Zvezdana	ZVEZ-dah-nah (Serbian)	Serbian, Slovene
FerdinÁNd	-	Hungarian
Franziska	frahn-TSIS-kah	German