Смысл: windmills 
windmill [ʹwınd͵mıl]
n
<Í> 1. ветряная мельница
windmill padding - спорт.
2. ветродвигатель, ветряк
3.ав. жарг.
4.ком. жарг.
5.амер. детская игрушка )
♢ to tilt at windmills, to fight windmills - сражаться с ветряными мельницами, донкихотствовать
to have windmills in one's head - быть фантазёром
to fling /to throw/ one's cap /hat/ over the windmill - поступать безрассудно, переходить границы допустимого (о женщине )
<Í> 1. ветряная мельница
2. ветродвигатель, ветряк
3.
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windmills Идиома
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.
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