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Tilting at windmills : ウィキペディア英語版
Tilting at windmills

Tilting at windmills is an English idiom which means attacking imaginary enemies. The word "tilt", in this context, comes from jousting.
The phrase is sometimes used to describe confrontations where adversaries are incorrectly perceived, or courses of action that are based on misinterpreted or misapplied heroic, romantic, or idealistic justifications. It may also connote an importune, unfounded, and vain effort against confabulated adversaries for a vain goal.〔 ISBN 978-0618249534〕
== Etymology ==

The phrase derives from an episode in the novel ''Don Quixote'' by Miguel de Cervantes,〔 wherein protagonist Don Quixote fights windmills that he imagines to be giants. A relevant portion of the novel states:

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