TILT AT WINDMILLS


Meaning of TILT AT WINDMILLS in English

to waste your energy attacking imaginary enemies

ORIGIN: From Cervantes' novel Don Quixote , in which the hero thought that the windmills he saw were giants and tried to fight them.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.