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Seagull Posted 11 years ago
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put A through the grinder
If the people who now wax indignant about the Aylan Kurdi cartoons supported Charlie Hebdo last winter and joined demonstrations carrying "Je suis Charlie" signs, they clearly did it for the wrong reasons. The magazine was attacked for putting potent symbols through the grinder. It's done that again with the now-iconic photograph of the dead boy.
The above is from a newspaper article titled "Did Charlie Hebdo Mock the Dead Refuge Boy?" In it, what does "putting potent symbols through the grinder" mean? It seems like an idiomatic expression, but I don't know exactly what it means. Please help me.
The above is from a newspaper article titled "Did Charlie Hebdo Mock the Dead Refuge Boy?" In it, what does "putting potent symbols through the grinder" mean? It seems like an idiomatic expression, but I don't know exactly what it means. Please help me.
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'Put through the grinder' = severely test, interrogate, analyze or challenge.
- 'Put through the grinder' = severely test, interrogate, analyze or challenge.
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'Put through the grinder' = severely test, interrogate, analyze or challenge.
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