put through the mangle

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Archived revision by WingerBot (talk | contribs) as of 07:00, 28 September 2019.
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English

Pronunciation

  • Audio (AU):(file)

Verb

put through the mangle

  1. (idiomatic) Synonym of put through the wringer
    • 2012 June 28, Jamie Jackson, “Wimbledon 2012: Lukas Rosol shocked by miracle win over Rafael Nadal”, in the Guardian[1]:
      A big beast of the men's field was put through the mangle then dumped out of Wimbledon as Rafael Nadal fell at around 10.06pm to Lukas Rosol, a Czech debutant who will never forget this Thursday evening in south-west London.