의미: windmillwind·mill n. 1 풍차 2 풍차 비슷한 것; (장난감) 팔랑개비; 풍력 발전기[발전소] 3 가상의 해악[적] 4 《구어》 헬리콥터; 《구어》 프로펠러 fight[tilt at] windmills 가상의 적과 싸우다 《Don Quixote의 이야기에서》 fling[throw] one's cap over the windmill 무모한 짓을 하다; 전통에 반항하다 ━ vt., vi. (풍차처럼) 회전시키다[하다]
not know A from a windmill 관용구
tilt at windmills
Idiom(s): tilt at windmills
Theme: FIGHTING
to fight battles with imaginary enemies; to fight against unimportant enemies or issues. (As with the fictional character, Don Quixote, who attacked windmills.) • Aren't you too smart to go around tilting at windmills? • I'm not going to fight this issue. I've wasted too much of my life tilting at windmills.
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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.
To be stupid. It references the vaguely agnate appearance of the letter A and a windmill. How do you administer to bake pasta? It's like you don't apperceive A from a windmill.Learn more: know, not, windmillLearn more:
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