(all) grist for somebody's mill

(all) grist for somebody's mill
(all) grist to the/sb's ˈmill idiom
(BrE) (NAmE (all) grist for the/sb's ˈmill) something that is useful to sb for a particular purpose

Political sex scandals are all grist to the mill of the tabloid newspapers.

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