"saada vettä myllyynsä" meaning in Finnish

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Verb

Forms: saada vettä myllyynsä Literally [canonical], “to get water in one's mill” [canonical]
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  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) to get something to talk about from someone's actions (usually unintentionally), to get further reason to support something, to get fuel, to get grist for the mill Tags: idiomatic, intransitive
    Sense id: en-saada_vettä_myllyynsä-fi-verb-vCSU741M Categories (other): Finnish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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