tilt at windmills — {v. phr.}, {literary} To do battle with an imaginary foe (after Cervantes Don Quixote). * /John is a nice guy but when it comes to departmental meetings he wastes everybody s time by constantly tilting at windmills./ … Dictionary of American idioms
tilt at windmills — ► tilt at windmills attack imaginary enemies. [ORIGIN: with allusion to the story of Don Quixote tilting at windmills, believing they were giants.] Main Entry: ↑tilt … English terms dictionary
tilt at windmills — A person who tilts at windmills, tries to do things that will never work in practice … The small dictionary of idiomes
tilt at windmills — phrasal Etymology: so called fr. the episode in Don Quijote de la Mancha in which Don Quixote battles with a windmill, thinking it a giant more at don quixote : to fight imaginary enemies or illusory evils even though this rebellion may be a… … Useful english dictionary
tilt at windmills — attack imaginary enemies. [with allusion to the story of Don Quixote tilting at windmills, believing they were giants.] → tilt … English new terms dictionary
tilt at windmills — verb a) To attack imaginary enemies. b) To go on a wild goose chase; to persistently engage in a futile activity See Also: throw ones cap over the windmill, mistake windmills for giants … Wiktionary
tilt\ at\ windmills — v. phr. literary To do battle with an imaginary foe (after Cervantes Don Quixote). John is a nice guy but when it comes to departmental meetings he wastes everybody s time by constantly tilting at windmills … Словарь американских идиом
tilt at windmills — A person who tilts at windmills, tries to do things that will never work in practice. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
tilt at windmills — literary to waste time trying to deal with enemies or problems that do not exist. We re not tilting at windmills here. If we don t do something about these problems, our environment may be in serious danger … New idioms dictionary
Tilt at windmills — A person who tilts at windmills, tries to do things that will never work in practice … Dictionary of English idioms
