be put through the wringer

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 wringer this year. Jake wasn't a great fit for the military, and he was constantly being put through the wringer for disobedience.

put someone through the wringer

Fig. to give someone a difficult time; to interrogate someone thoroughly. (Alludes to putting something through an old-fashioned clothes wringer.) The lawyer really put the witness through the wringer! The teacher put the students through the wringer.

put (someone) through the wringer

Slang

To subject to a severe trial or ordeal.

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释义	be put through the wringer be put through the wringer 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 wringer this year. Jake wasn't a great fit for the military, and he was constantly being put through the wringer for disobedience. See also: put, through, wringer Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. put someone through the wringer Fig. to give someone a difficult time; to interrogate someone thoroughly. (Alludes to putting something through an old-fashioned clothes wringer.) The lawyer really put the witness through the wringer! The teacher put the students through the wringer. See also: put, through, wringer McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. put (someone) through the wringer Slang To subject to a severe trial or ordeal. See also: put, through, wringer American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. See also: be put through the hoop be put through the mangle 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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