tilt at windmills

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الإنجليزية - التركية
الإنجليزية - الإنجليزية
To go on a wild goose chase; to persistently engage in a futile activity
To attack imaginary enemies
fight a hopeless battle
tilt at windmills

    التركية النطق

    tîlt ät wîndmîlz

    المترادفات

    get nowhere, run in circles

    النطق

    /ˈtəlt ˈat ˈwəndˌməlz/ /ˈtɪlt ˈæt ˈwɪndˌmɪlz/

    علم أصول الكلمات

    () From a passage in the novel Don Quixote where the eponymous character tilts at (i.e. joust at) windmills that he has mistaken for giants
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