"сражаться с ветряными мельницами" meaning in All languages combined

See сражаться с ветряными мельницами on Wiktionary

Verb [Russian]

IPA: [srɐˈʐat͡sːə s‿vʲɪtrʲɪˈnɨmʲɪ ˈmʲelʲnʲɪt͡səmʲɪ] Forms: сража́ться с ветряны́ми ме́льницами [canonical], sražátʹsja s vetrjanými mélʹnicami [romanization], боро́ться с ветряны́ми ме́льницами [alternative]
Etymology: From Cervantes's Don Quixote. Head templates: {{ru-verb|сража́ться с ветряны́ми ме́льницами|impf}} сража́ться с ветряны́ми ме́льницами • (sražátʹsja s vetrjanými mélʹnicami) impf Inflection templates: {{ru-conj-verb-see|сража́ться}}
  1. (idiomatic) to tilt at windmills Wikipedia link: Don Quixote, Miguel de Cervantes Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-сражаться_с_ветряными_мельницами-ru-verb-dntNoyH3 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Russian entries with incorrect language header
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  "etymology_text": "From Cervantes's Don Quixote.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "сража́ться с ветряны́ми ме́льницами",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sražátʹsja s vetrjanými mélʹnicami",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "боро́ться с ветряны́ми ме́льницами",
      "roman": "borótʹsja s vetrjanými mélʹnicami",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "сража́ться с ветряны́ми ме́льницами",
        "2": "impf"
      },
      "expansion": "сража́ться с ветряны́ми ме́льницами • (sražátʹsja s vetrjanými mélʹnicami) impf",
      "name": "ru-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "сража́ться"
      },
      "name": "ru-conj-verb-see"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Russian",
  "lang_code": "ru",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Russian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to tilt at windmills"
      ],
      "id": "en-сражаться_с_ветряными_мельницами-ru-verb-dntNoyH3",
      "links": [
        [
          "tilt at windmills",
          "tilt at windmills"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) to tilt at windmills"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Don Quixote",
        "Miguel de Cervantes"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[srɐˈʐat͡sːə s‿vʲɪtrʲɪˈnɨmʲɪ ˈmʲelʲnʲɪt͡səmʲɪ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "сражаться с ветряными мельницами"
}
{
  "etymology_text": "From Cervantes's Don Quixote.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "сража́ться с ветряны́ми ме́льницами",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sražátʹsja s vetrjanými mélʹnicami",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "боро́ться с ветряны́ми ме́льницами",
      "roman": "borótʹsja s vetrjanými mélʹnicami",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "сража́ться с ветряны́ми ме́льницами",
        "2": "impf"
      },
      "expansion": "сража́ться с ветряны́ми ме́льницами • (sražátʹsja s vetrjanými mélʹnicami) impf",
      "name": "ru-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "сража́ться"
      },
      "name": "ru-conj-verb-see"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Russian",
  "lang_code": "ru",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Russian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Russian idioms",
        "Russian imperfective verbs",
        "Russian lemmas",
        "Russian multiword terms",
        "Russian terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Russian verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to tilt at windmills"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tilt at windmills",
          "tilt at windmills"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) to tilt at windmills"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Don Quixote",
        "Miguel de Cervantes"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[srɐˈʐat͡sːə s‿vʲɪtrʲɪˈnɨmʲɪ ˈmʲelʲnʲɪt͡səmʲɪ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "сражаться с ветряными мельницами"
}

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