grind see the MILL cannot grind with the water that is past; the MILLS of God grind
slowly, yet they grind exceeding small.
gripping see NOTHING should be done in haste but gripping a flea.All is GRIST that comes to the millEverything that is received or obtained is put to use. Grist is corn to be ground. The is
freqently replaced by a possessive pronoun or phrase. Similar to the older all is FISH that
comes to the net. The metaphorical expression grist to one’s mill is also found.
1655 T. FULLER Church Hist. Britain III. iii. Forein Casuists bring in a bundle of
mortal sins, all grist for their own Mill. 1770 S. FOOTE Lame Lover I. 28 Well, let them
go on, it brings grist to our mill: for whilst both the sexes stick firm to their honour, we
shall never want business. 1896 A. WHYTE Bible Characters I. xii. Your stumble, your
fall, your misfortune.. all is grist to the mill of the mean-minded man. 1943 A.
CHRISTIE Moving Finger ix. You’re failing to allow for the mentality of a Poison Pen—
all is grist that comes to their mill. 1979 G. MITCHELL Mudflats of Dead iii. All was
grist which came to a novelist’s mill, and he was still hoping that something, somewhere,
would bring him what he still thought of as inspiration. 2000 ‘G. WILLIAMS’ Dr.
Mortimer and Aldgate Mystery (2001) xviii. 94 ‘I should very much like to know,’ she
said, ‘what picture was there that Agar felt was so eminently worth stealing. In my
pursuit of him, all is grist to my mill.’ gains and losses; opportunityground see BETWEEN two stools one falls to the ground.grow see while the GRASS grows, the steed starves; GREAT oaks from little acorns grow;
ONE for the mouse, one for the crow.
grunt see what can you EXPECT from a pig but a grunt?guest see FISH and guests smell after three days.A GUILTY conscience needs no accuserCf. Disticha Catonis I. xvii. conscius ipse sibi de se putat omnia dici, the man with
something on his conscience thinks he is always the subject of talk.