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Hans51 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

"I feel like I’ve been run right through the mill."

"I feel like I’ve been run right through the mill."

I have seen the sentence in a song and I was wondering if either been or run is omitted like

I feel like I’ve run right through the mill.

I feel like I’ve been right through the mill.

And actually when I looked it up in a dictionary, it says 'go / be through the mill' but the verb run is also okay to use for the idiom, right?

What do you native English speakers think? Thank you so much as usual in advance.
  

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" Yes, it is a common expression of being stressed out from working long hours under pressure. It comes from steel mills where steel bars and plates are made. It is very hot and dangerous.

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  • " Yes, it is a common expression of being stressed out from working long hours under pressure.
  • It comes from steel mills where steel bars and plates are made.
  • It is very hot and dangerous.
  • The hot molten metal is run through the mill to form it into bars, plates, and other shapes.
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Hans51"I feel like I’ve been run right through the mill."
Yes, it is a common expression of being stressed out from working long hours under pressure.

It comes from steel mills where steel bars and plates are made. It is very hot and dangerous. The hot molten metal is run through the mill to form it into bars, plates, and other shapes.
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Thank you so much and what I would like to know is that been and run can be put at the same time in the situation or I think that it should be "I’ve been right through the mill." or "I’ve run right through the mill.".

Or passive voice have been run is okay to use there?
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Hans51"I’ve been right through the mill."
No, that does not make sense.
Hans51"I’ve run right through the mill."
That means that you jogged (ran) from one end to the other.
Hans51Or passive voice have been run is okay to use there?
The passive must be used. Your boss, your work, your proj
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I feel like I fell backwards through the flint mill

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