It is all grist to the mill




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It is all grist to the mill : Phrases



Meaning:

Everything can be used to move toward a profit or conclusion.



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Origin:

Grist is the corn that is brought to a mill to be ground into flour. The phrase is quite old and is first cited in Arthur Golding's translation of The sermons of J. Calvin upon Deuteronomie, 1583:

"There is no lykelihoode that those thinges will bring gryst to the mill."








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