grist to the mill

For Todd, such words are grist to the mill.

Humans had become mere technical grist to the mill like any base metal.

There's more, but that's enough grist to the mill.

All grist to the mill for the Republic organisation.

There is less activity now, which in turn is grist to the mill of the separatists.

This is all grist to the mill of orthodox social democratic analyses of crime.

We do not therefore wish to bring grist to the mill of those who, as it were, want to see the back of this scheme.

All of it grist to the mill of this young poet-in-the-making.

Unfortunately we, the European Union, have added grist to the mill of mutual destruction with our mistakes.

Criminalizing people who do not have papers is grist to the mill of parties which are racist and xenophobic.

STATE park rangers here are adding grist to the mill.

As Cranbro suggests, grist to the mill.

This ruling is grist to the mill of people who question the legality of certain positive actions. But we shall not be put out by it.

Did a little bit for the radio this morning in, Radio and Radio, and it's all grist to the mill.

Anything was grist to the mill: flattery, the application of common- sense psychology, social pressure, the feeding of ambition, or even plain threats.

Do you really not realise that delays in the timetable are grist to the mill of nationalist forces and actually encourage their emergence in these countries?

All sound is grist to the mill of choreography these days, from total silence to Bach's "St. Matthew Passion."

It was grist to the mill to the Eurosceptics and I think it disappointed Euro-enthusiasts.

This is the only essay in Partial Portraits on a writer of minor significance, and it has provided grist to the mill of biographical speculation.

At 13:32 11th Jan 2012, Sprocket wrote: All grist to the mill as far as I'm concerned.

In other words, those with significant disabilities become grist to the mill when the primary focus is placed on securing the maximum increase in the league table scores.

This is a very controversial topic in Ireland and is grist to the mill of those advocating a 'no' vote on the Lisbon Treaty.

It is all grist to the mill of those who like to argue that Japan has succeeded because it works by different rules from those in the West.

On the contrary, injections of finance would only be grist to the mill of those people who have been unscrupulously amassing fortunes in Latin America for years.