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English translation: things that provide a motive for someone to be jealous


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English term or phrase:grist
English translation:things that provide a motive for someone to be jealous
Entered by: Jenni Lukac
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16:05 Dec 4, 2011
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Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / what grist for jealousy
English term or phrase: grist
Hello, what is the meaning of "what grist for jealousy"?
I found it in a text about a romance relationship.
pippogaudo
things that provide a motive for someone to be jealous
Explanation:
It comes from an old expression "grist to/for the mill".
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Jenni Lukac
Local time: 04:09
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +6things that provide a motive for someone to be jealous
Jenni Lukac
3 +2fuel
Veronika McLaren


  

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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
fuel


Explanation:
or food...

Veronika McLaren
Local time: 22:09
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tony M: More literally 'food', really
3 mins
  -> Thank you - true, as grist = flour
agree  Martin Riordan: Raw material, input, to feed a process - as grist does for the mill.
3 hrs
  -> Thank you!
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
things that provide a motive for someone to be jealous


Explanation:
It comes from an old expression "grist to/for the mill".

Jenni Lukac
Local time: 04:09
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 111
Grading comment
Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tony M: Yes, "something to be jealous about" (just as in 'grist to the mill' = 'something to grind')
2 mins
  -> Thanks Tony. "Grist to the mill", "an axe to grind" - English is so much fun.
agree  Jack Doughty
2 mins
  -> Cheers and thanks, Jack.
agree  Liz Broomfield
58 mins
  -> Thanks very much, Liz. have a good evening.
neutral  B D Finch: Not so much a motive, as something for jealousy to work on. The grist is the stuff that is to be ground in the mill.
2 hrs
  -> The things that provide the motive . . .
agree  Martin Riordan
3 hrs
  -> Thanks very much, Martin.
agree  missdutch
20 hrs
  -> Thanks very much, missdutch.
agree  Phong Le
21 hrs
  -> Greetings and thanks, Phong.
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Changes made by editors
Dec 18, 2011 - Changes made by Jenni Lukac:
Created KOG entryKudoZ term => KOG term


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