On Sat, 2020-12-05 at 15:46 -0800, Samuel Sieb wrote: > On 12/5/20 2:53 PM, home user wrote: > > On 12/4/20 10:45 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: > > > I pretty much think this topic has been totally addressed and feel > > > there really is no need to go about > > > tilting at windmills. > > > > Strange expression. Haven't heard it before. I'll have to ask those > > Dutch organists that I frequently like to watch perform on youtube what > > that means. > > Google would have told you right away: > Don Quixote > > I haven't read the book, but I'm aware of the expression. Now I'm > curious and will have to ask around to see how generally well-known it is.
It's extremely well-known, in fact it's probably the only thing most English speakers know about Don Quixote, though it's only a fairly minor incident early in the novel. poc _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org
