I hope so. He's been through the mill.

希望如此，他可是历经磨难。

youdao

I often feel like there is destiny in between as if the old-aged garden simply is there for me by being through the mill for four hundred years.

我常觉得这中间有着宿命的味道：仿佛这古园就是为了等我，而历尽沧桑在那儿等待了四百多年。

youdao

Even the director has gone through the mill, you know.

你知道，即使经理也受到过艰苦的磨炼。

youdao

Now a lot of switchgrass has been through the mill, so to speak.

NPR: Study Boosts Switchgrass as New Alternative Fuel

He's been through the mill and it is a perfect opportunity and time for him to captain the Lions.

BBC: O'Connell handed Lions captaincy

The young British writer and director Christopher Nolan, who has every intention of putting us through the mill, doubles his fun by running the whole story backward.

NEWYORKER: Memento