put through the wringer

English

put through the wringer (third-person singular simple present puts through the wringer, present participle putting through the wringer, simple past and past participle put through the wringer)

(idiomatic) To interrogate or scrutinize closely; to subject to some trial or ordeal.
They really put each candidate through the wringer before choosing one to hire.
- 2023 September 16, Jason Horowitz, “How Do We Feel About Global Warming? It’s Called Eco-Anxiety.”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:
  Psychiatrists say that for many people who have been put through the wringer over the past decade, the climate extremes are one crisis too many.

to subject to trial or ordeal