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water to one's mill

water to one's mill noun: that which energizes or stimulates one.

Noun

water to one's mill (uncountable)

  1. (idiomatic) That which energizes or stimulates one.

Origin of water to one's mill

Suggesting the action of water powering a watermill. Similar idioms exist in many other European languages.

Questions about water to one's mill

What does water to one's mill mean?
Water to one's mill means that which energizes or stimulates one.
What part of speech is water to one's mill?
Water to one's mill is a noun.

Words near water to one's mill in the dictionary

  1. water thermometers
  2. water thrush
  3. water thrushes
  4. water tick
  5. water ticks
  6. water to one's mill
  7. water tower
  8. water towers
  9. water toxemia
  10. water tree
  11. water treeing

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