Nghĩa là gì: mills 
mill /mil/
mill /mil/- danh từ
- (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) min (bằng 1 qoành 000 đô la)
- (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) min (bằng 1 qoành 000 đô la)
- danh từ
- cối xay, máy xay, nhà máy xay; máy nghiền, máy cán
- xưởng, nhà máy
- (từ lóng) cuộc đấu quyền Anh
- (nghĩa bóng) sự thử thách gay go, nỗi cực khổ; sự tập luyện gian khổ; công việc cực nhọc
- to go through the mill: chịu đựng những gian khổ; qua những thử thách gay go
- to put someone through the mill: bắt ai chịu những thử thách gay go, bắt ai chịu những nỗi cực khổ; bắt ai tập luyện gian khổ
- ngoại động từ
- xay, nghiền, cán; xay bằng cối xay, xay bằng máy xay; nghiền bằng máy nghiền
- to mill flour: xay bột
- to mill steel: cán thép
- đánh sủi bọt
- to mill chocolate: đánh sôcôla cho sủi bọt lên
- (từ lóng) đánh, đấm, thụi, giâ, tẩn; đánh gục, đánh bại
- khắc cạnh, khía răng cưa; làm gờ
- to mill a coin: khía răng cưa vào gờ đồng tiền; làm gờ cho đồng tiền
- xay, nghiền, cán; xay bằng cối xay, xay bằng máy xay; nghiền bằng máy nghiền
- nội động từ
- đi quanh (súc vật, đám đông)
- (từ lóng) đánh đấm nhau
mills Thành ngữ, tục ngữ
tilt at windmills
Idiom(s): tilt at windmillsTheme: FIGHTING
to fight battles with imaginary enemies; to fight against unimportant enemies or issues. (As with the fictional character, Don Quixote, who attacked windmills.)
• Aren't you too smart to go around tilting at windmills?
• I'm not going to fight this issue. I've wasted too much of my life tilting at windmills.
millstone about one's neck
Idiom(s): millstone about one's neckTheme: BURDEN
a continual burden or handicap.
• This huge and expensive house is a millstone about my neck.
• Bill's inability to read is a millstone about his neck.
Millstone round your neck
A millstone around your neck is a problem that prevents you from doing what you want to do.millstone around one's neck|millstone|neck
n. phr. An intolerable burden. Max said that his old car was a millstone around his neck.Compare: MONKEY ON ONE'S BACK.
tilt at windmills|tilt|windmill|windmills
v. phr., literary To do battle with an imaginary foe (after Cervantes' Don Quixote). John is a nice guy but when it comes to departmental meetings he wastes everybody's time by constantly tilting at windmills.mills of the gods grind slowly
mills of the gods grind slowlyOne's destiny is inevitable even if it takes considerable time to arrive. For example, I'm sure he'll be wealthy one day, though the mills of the gods grind slowly. This expression comes from ancient Greek, translated as “The mills of the gods grind slowly, but they grind small.” In English it appeared in George Herbert's Jacula Prudentum (1640) as “God's mill grinds slow but sure.”
millstone around one's neck
millstone around one's neckA heavy burden, as in Julie finds Grandma, who is crabby, a millstone around her neck. The literal hanging of a millstone about the neck is mentioned as a punishment in the New Testament (Matthew 18:6), causing the miscreant to be drowned. Its present figurative use was first recorded in a history of the Quakers (c. 1720).
English Vocalbulary
An mills idiom dictionary is a great resource for writers, students, and anyone looking to expand their vocabulary. It contains a list of words with similar meanings with mills, allowing users to choose the best word for their specific context.
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