grist for the mill

成語所屬單字grist

grist for the mill — 慣用語

1. Something that can be turned to useful advantage, especially information or an e

1.慣用語
釋義

有用的素材；可用材料

Something that can be turned to useful advantage, especially information or an event that fuels discussion, argument, or creative work. Also used in the British variant 'grist to the mill'.

例句

The senator's careless remark was grist for the mill of political cartoonists nationwide.

All those awkward family dinners are grist to the mill for a writer of relationship novels.