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./

Slang English vocab.      Английский сленговый словарь.