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mills of the gods grind slowly
Idioms and Phrases
One's destiny is inevitable even if it takes considerable time to arrive. For example, I'm sure he'll be wealthy one day, though the mills of the gods grind slowly . This expression comes from ancient Greek, translated as “The mills of the gods grind slowly, but they grind small.” In English it appeared in George Herbert's Jacula Prudentum (1640) as “God's mill grinds slow but sure.”Example Sentences
As the ancient saying goes, “The mills of the gods grind slowly, but they grind exceedingly fine.”
Who said the mills of the gods grind slowly?
The mills of the Gods grind slowly .
This was not immediately apparent, however, for, as they also often say in Hollywood, the mills of the gods grind slowly.
Though the mills of the gods grind slowly, Yet they grind exceeding small.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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