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go through the mill verb

  • (idiomatic) To experience the suffering or discipline necessary to bring one to a certain degree of knowledge or skill, or to a certain mental state.
 пройти́ ого́нь и во́ду, пройти́ ого́нь, во́ду и ме́дные тру́бы
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