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Someone recently advised me not to 'tilt at windmills'. What were they talking about?
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They were telling you not to fight against imaginary foes. It comes from a story by Cervantes called Don Quixote de la Mancha, published in the early 17th Century. Don Quixote is an amiable old idiot who rides around in a rusty suit of armour doing daft things, including 'tilting' (poking his lance) at windmills, because he thinks they are giants out to get him.
There's an article on this at article 859
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