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1 сражаться с ветряными мельницами
1) General subject: fight with the windmills, tilt at windmills, tilt at wind-mills2) Politics: fight with (one's) own shadow3) Set phrase: fight with one's own shadow (дословно: Сражаться с собственной тенью. (т.е. с мнимым препятствием))4) Makarov: fight windmills, fight with own shadowУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > сражаться с ветряными мельницами
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2 донкихотствовать
1) General subject: fight with own shadow, fight windmills, tilt at windmills2) Makarov: fight with own shadow (вести бесплодную борьбу с воображаемым противником), fight windmills (сражаться с ветряными мельницами) -
3 мельница
ж.millручная мельница — hand-mill, quern
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лить воду на чью-л. мельницу погов. — play into smb.'s handsвоевать с ветряными мельницами — fight* windmills, tilt at windmills
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4 мельница
ж.ручна́я ме́льница — handmill, quern
ветряна́я ме́льница — windmill
водяна́я ме́льница — watermill
парова́я ме́льница — steammill
кофе́йная ме́льница — coffee mill
••лить во́ду на чью-л ме́льницу погов. — ≈ play into smb's hands
воева́ть с ветряны́ми ме́льницами — fight windmills, tilt at windmills
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5 сражаться с ветряными мельницами
[srazhattsa s vetr'anymi m'el'nitsarni] To fight against the windmills. To waste energy in combating imaginary evils or difficulties; to attack an imaginary foe. Cf. To tilt at windmills.Русские фразеологизмы в картинках (русско-английский словарь) > сражаться с ветряными мельницами
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6 сражаться с ветряными мельницами
( Сервантес) книжн., ирон.fight with (charge, tilt at) the windmills; fight windmills Amer.Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > сражаться с ветряными мельницами
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7 сражаться
to fight, to fight a battleсражаться с ветряными мельницами — to fight / to tilt windmills
См. также в других словарях:
tilt at windmills — {v. phr.}, {literary} To do battle with an imaginary foe (after Cervantes Don Quixote). * /John is a nice guy but when it comes to departmental meetings he wastes everybody s time by constantly tilting at windmills./ … Dictionary of American idioms
tilt at windmills — {v. phr.}, {literary} To do battle with an imaginary foe (after Cervantes Don Quixote). * /John is a nice guy but when it comes to departmental meetings he wastes everybody s time by constantly tilting at windmills./ … Dictionary of American idioms
tilt at windmills — ► tilt at windmills attack imaginary enemies. [ORIGIN: with allusion to the story of Don Quixote tilting at windmills, believing they were giants.] Main Entry: ↑tilt … English terms dictionary
tilt at windmills — A person who tilts at windmills, tries to do things that will never work in practice … The small dictionary of idiomes
tilt at windmills — phrasal Etymology: so called fr. the episode in Don Quijote de la Mancha in which Don Quixote battles with a windmill, thinking it a giant more at don quixote : to fight imaginary enemies or illusory evils even though this rebellion may be a… … Useful english dictionary
tilt at windmills — attack imaginary enemies. [with allusion to the story of Don Quixote tilting at windmills, believing they were giants.] → tilt … English new terms dictionary
tilt at windmills — verb a) To attack imaginary enemies. b) To go on a wild goose chase; to persistently engage in a futile activity See Also: throw ones cap over the windmill, mistake windmills for giants … Wiktionary
tilt\ at\ windmills — v. phr. literary To do battle with an imaginary foe (after Cervantes Don Quixote). John is a nice guy but when it comes to departmental meetings he wastes everybody s time by constantly tilting at windmills … Словарь американских идиом
tilt at windmills — A person who tilts at windmills, tries to do things that will never work in practice. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
tilt at windmills — literary to waste time trying to deal with enemies or problems that do not exist. We re not tilting at windmills here. If we don t do something about these problems, our environment may be in serious danger … New idioms dictionary
Tilt at windmills — A person who tilts at windmills, tries to do things that will never work in practice … Dictionary of English idioms