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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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Submitted on September 01, 2009

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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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