CSS Solved Idioms (Past Papers from 2000 to Date)
Choose suitable meaning of idiom ‘Tilt at windmills’
Attacking imaginary enemies
A fistfight or a brawl
The whole matter
None of these
Attacking imaginary enemies
’Tilt at windmills’ (Idiom) means: To waste time fighting enemies or trying to resolve issues, which don’โขt even exist (Imaginary).
Examples:
It is time for the government to stop tilting at windmills and start fighting against the real enemy, unemployment.
I’โขm not going to fight this issue. I’โขve wasted too much of my life tilting at windmills.
Thus, the right answer is ‘Attacking imaginary enemies’.
Attacking imaginary enemies ’Tilt at windmills’ (Idiom) means: To waste time fighting enemies or trying to resolve issues, which don’โขt even exist (Imaginary).
Examples:
It is time for the government to stop tilting at windmills and start fighting against the real enemy, unemployment.
I’โขm not going to fight this issue. I’โขve wasted too much of my life tilting at windmills.
Thus, the right answer is ‘Attacking imaginary enemies’.
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