see into a millstone

Definitions

To understand a complex matter.

archaic, colloquial, idiomatic

Examples

“"Why, look'ee, Madam, if you must needs provoke me, I'll tell⟳ you a piece of my mind⟳; you must know⟳, I can see⟳ as far into a millstone as another man; and so, if you thought for to fob me off with another one of your smirking French puppies for a son-in-law, why you'll find⟳ yourself in a hobble, that's all."”

“"Why, mother, I should have⟳ thought you could see⟳ into a millstone as far as most people, and yet you can't see⟳ to the bottom of a foolish girl's heart."”

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