grist for the mill

Meaning: (idiomatic)Something that isusefulor that creates afavorableopportunity.Synonym:grist1979August 4, Lisa Nussbaum, “Lesbianism 101”, inGay Community News, page15:The Lesbian Primerdoes not profess to cover every conceivable aspect of lesbianism. But for someone trying to get or expand knowledge of the subject, this book provides much goodgrist for the mill.2003, Peter Lefcourt,The deal: a novel of Hollywood:They were sitting across from each other at the bar as Lionel described his odyssey across the country in a Trailways bus, gathering material, as he put it. It was allgrist for the mill, life real and raw out there west of New Jersey.2005March 2, Leslie Feinberg, “Even McCarthy was gay baited”, inWorkers World‎[1]:In 1951, Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean, two gay double-agents working in British intelligence, fled to the Soviet Union. This wasgrist for the mill, linking homosexuality with communist "treason."

Examples:

EN: Aside from naming my twins Venus and Saturn... which was grist for the mill for ten years?
ES: Además de nombrar a mis gemelos Venus y Saturno... que fue grano para el molino durante diez años?
ID: Selain menamai anak kembarku Venus dan Saturn yang mana itu sesuatu yang benar-benar berguna selama 10 tahun?
EN: And as the '60s were on, and the Civil Rights Movement started to emerge and the anti-war movement against Vietnam happened, all of this was just grist for the mill, for, like, our family dinner.
ES: Y conforme pasaban los años 60.... ...y empezó a surgir el Movimiento de Derechos Civiles y aparecía el movimiento en contra de la guerra de Vietnam, echaba leña al fuego, para nuestra cena familiar.
EN: More grist for the mill.
ES: Más agua al molino.
EN: You can take the research team to get more grist for the mill.
ES: Puedes tomar al equipo de investigación para obtener más granos para el molino.
ID: Kau bawa tim riset cari lebih banyak makhluk itu untuk pertunjukan.
EN: Well, more grist for the mill.
ES: Bueno, más grano para el molino.
ID: Ya... Makin banyak pemasukan.
EN: But still, even then, it's all just grist for the mill, the mill of now.
HI: आज भी वोही मगर झूला, वो ही चाँद तले
EN: Nothing absurd.....All are grist for the mill of a down-to-earth spirituality.
HI: हँसो... मन के सारे मलाल मिटा कुदरत की देन-सी हँसी।
HI: हँसो... मन के सारे मलाल मिटा क़ुदरत की देन-सी हँसी।
EN: Thanks for the reply, and that's all good Robin... it's all grist for the mill.
HI: धन्यवाद,ZEAL- काली कमाई ही तो हर चीज़ की जड है. .
EN: for soldiers during the Kargil war becomes grist for the mill.
HI: युद्ध में लोग जंगली हो जाते हैं
EN: The workers are grist for the mill!
ID: Karyawan adalah roda perusahaan.
EN: It's all grist for the mill, no pun intended.
ID: Siapa tahu berhasil, tanpa maksud lain.
EN: This is all grist for the mill.
TE: ఈ గ్రేవీ కోసం మసాలా ఉంది.
EN: It's ALL grist for the mill.
TE: ఈ గ్రేవీ కోసం మసాలా ఉంది.
EN: "Everything she does is grist for the mill.
TE: ఆయన కోసం ఏం చేసినా చంద్రునికో నూలుపోగు లాంటిదే.
EN: A lot of grist for the mill.
TE: మార్స్ మట్టి కోసం భారీ ఖర్చు.

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