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idiombe tilting at windmills1 used in order to say that someone wastes time on ideas that are not practical or important:Mr Christopher was accused of tilting at windmills while leaving the work on his proposed education bill to his junior staff.We have commitment and dedication in this company, but we have too many people who seem to be tilting at windmills.2 AmE to try to solve a problem or start work on a plan that seems impossible to achieve:Devens says he knows something about tilting at windmills. He started Alaska's only accredited community college in 1979 with a budget of $118,000 and no teachers.He admits he was tilting at windmills in his criticisms of the prison system in the 1950s, but years later his dreams of reform became a reality.
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