see into a millstone

Meaning: (archaic,idiomatic,colloquial)Tounderstandacomplexmatter.1778,Frances Burney,Evelina, or: a Young Lady's Entrance into the World,Volume 1/Letter XXV:"Why, look'ee, Madam, if you must needs provoke me, I'll tell you a piece of my mind; you must know, I cansee as far into a millstoneas another man; and so, if you thought for to fob me off with another one of your smirking French puppies for a son-in-law, why you'll find yourself in a hobble, that's all."1872, Mary Anne Hardy,A Woman's Triumph, volume 1, page218:"Why, mother, I should have thought you couldsee into a millstoneas far as most people, and yet you can't see to the bottom of a foolish girl's heart."

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