Nghĩa là gì: windmill 
windmill /'winmil/
windmill /'winmil/- danh từ
- cối xay gió; máy xay gió
- to fight (tilt at) windmills
- đánh nhau với kẻ địch tưởng tượng (như Đông-ky-sốt)
not know A from a windmill Thành ngữ, tục ngữ
tilt at windmills
Idiom(s): tilt at windmillsTheme: 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.
tilt at windmills|tilt|windmill|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.windmill
windmillsee tilt at windmills.
not apperceive A from a windmill
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, windmill
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