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wringer
[ring-er]
noun
an apparatus or machine for squeezing liquid out of anything wet, such as a pair of rollers between which an article of wet clothing may be squeezed.
a painful, difficult, or tiring experience; ordeal.
Their years-long disagreement was an emotional wringer that hurt them both deeply.
a person or thing that wrings.
My father is a real worrier—a wringer of hands and a pacer of floors.
wringer
/ ˈɪŋə /
noun
another name for mangle 2
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of wringer1
Idioms and Phrases
through the wringer,
through acute suffering or hardship.
He’s really been through the wringer with his child’s illness.
A series of disasters put her family through the wringer financially.
through rigorous testing, examination, or trial.
Our numbers have been run through the wringer every which way, and it still looks like some cuts will be needed.
Keep an eye out for a full review once we put this racing bike through the wringer.
Example Sentences
These women have been through the wringer of romance, yet it’s rare to see them learn from these experiences.
England fans are used to their teams putting them through the wringer.
"You don't wake up one morning and say, 'Oh, we'll get divorced'. I've been through the wringer. It's been hugely stressful."
“Cronenberg takes these concerns that we all have and runs them through this fantastical wringer, so that we come to see ourselves in some new way,” says Lucca.
He finally was cleared, but only after his reputation was put through a wringer.
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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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