Tilting at windmills Tilting at windmills Tilting at windmills is an English idiom that means attacking imaginary enemies. The expression is derived from the 1605 novel "Don Quixote" by Miguel de Cervantes, and the word "tilt" in this context comes from jousting. The phrase is sometimes used to describe either confrontations where adversaries are incorrectly perceived, or courses of action that are based on misinterpreted or misapplied heroic, romantic, or idealistic justifications. It may also connote an importune, unfounded, and vain effort against adversaries real or imagined for a vain goal. The phrase comes from an episode in the Cervantes novel wherein protagonist
Dutch Windmills Windmills played its debut game in the DBL on 7 October 2018, and lost 64–78 to Landstede Zwolle. Dutch Windmills Dutch Windmills is a professional basketball club based in Dordrecht, Netherlands. The club was founded in 2017 and will enter the Dutch Basketball League for the 2018–19 season. Games of the club will be played at the Sportboulevard Dordrecht, which has a capacity for 1100 people. On 14 September 2017, the establishment of the club Dutch Windmills was announced along with the intention to enter the Dutch Basketball League for the 2017–18 season. On 3 May 2018, the DBL officially