TILT AT WINDMILLS


Meaning of TILT AT WINDMILLS in English

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.

American idioms English vocabulary.      Английский словарь американских идиом.