throw one's cap over the windmill

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throw one's cap over the windmill

To act in a crazed manner.

Etymology:

From a passage in the novel Don Quixote in which the titular character throws his cap over a windmill that he has mistaken for a giant, as a challenge.

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die Mütze über die Windmühle werfen

jeter sa casquette sur le moulin à vent

kasta sin hatt över väderkvarnen

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