be put through the mangle

To be subjected to some ordeal, difficulty, trial, or punishment; to undergo an unpleasant experience. Between my mother's bout with cancer, Jenny losing her job, and the bank threatening to foreclose on the house, our family has really been put through the mangle this year. Jake wasn't a great fit for the military, and he was constantly being put through the mangle for disobedience.

词组	be put through the mangle
释义	be put through the mangle be put through the mangle To be subjected to some ordeal, difficulty, trial, or punishment; to undergo an unpleasant experience. Between my mother's bout with cancer, Jenny losing her job, and the bank threatening to foreclose on the house, our family has really been put through the mangle this year. Jake wasn't a great fit for the military, and he was constantly being put through the mangle for disobedience. See also: mangle, put, through Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: be put through the hoop be put through the wringer go through the wringer go/put somebody through the wringer mangle be a fate worse than death come to a bad end come to a bad/sticky end get a taste of (one's) own medicine be in for something
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