Don Quixote, the Man of La Mancha himself, had a notable tilt against a bunch of windmills in the 17th Century book Don Quixote de la Mancha. “Tilting at windmills” has taken on a new life as an idiom that means attacking invisible enemies.
Don Quixote, the Man of La Mancha himself, had a notable tilt against a bunch of windmills in the 17th Century book Don Quixote de la Mancha. “Tilting at windmills” has taken on a new life as an idiom that means attacking invisible enemies.