through the mill

through the mill  {adv. phr.}
1. Experienced.
You could tell immediately that the new employee had been through the mill.
2. Through real experience of the difficulties of a certain way of life.
Poor Jerry has had three operations in one year, and now he's back in the hospital. He's realty gone through the mill.
Compare:
GO THROUGH HELL AND HIGH WATER,
COME HELL OR HIGH WATER.
Categories: adverb experience
Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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