tilt at windmills

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

16 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Catalan: lluïtar contra molins de vent — attack imaginary enemies
• Finnish: taistella tuulimyllyjä vastaan — attack imaginary enemies
• French: se battre contre des moulins à vent — attack imaginary enemies
• German: gegen Windmühlen kämpfen — attack imaginary enemies
• Hebrew: נִלְחַם בְּטַחֲנוֹת רוּחַ (nilchám b'tachanót rúach) — attack imaginary enemies
• Irish: dul i ngleic le samhailtí — attack imaginary enemies
• Italian: lottare contro i mulini a vento — attack imaginary enemies
• Norwegian Bokmål: slåss mot vindmøller — attack imaginary enemies
• Norwegian Bokmål: kjempe mot vindmøller — attack imaginary enemies
• Polish: walczyć z wiatrakami — attack imaginary enemies
• Romanian: se lupta cu morile de vânt — attack imaginary enemies
• Russian: боро́ться с ветряны́ми ме́льницами (borótʹsja s vetrjanými mélʹnicami) — attack imaginary enemies
• Russian: сража́ться с ветряны́ми ме́льницами (sražátʹsja s vetrjanými mélʹnicami) — attack imaginary enemies
• Spanish: luchar contra molinos de viento — attack imaginary enemies
• Swedish: slåss mot väderkvarnar — attack imaginary enemies
• Welsh: ymladd â melinau gwynt — attack imaginary enemies