go through the mill

Meaning: (idiomatic)Toexperiencethesufferingordisciplinenecessary to bring one to a certain degree of knowledge or skill, or to a certain mental state.; (UK,slang,obsolete)To go throughbankruptcy.1877,The Accountant, volume 3, page 3:All know the high estimation debtors held the Act 1861, by the number whowent "through the mill"at the close of 1869.

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