2024 · Q20
Directions: Given below are some idioms/phrases followed by four alternative meanings to each. Choose the response (a), (b), (c) or (d), which is the most appropriate meaning and mark your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.
**Tilt at windmills**
EnglishIdioms and Phrases
- ATo be young and inexperienced
- BTo celebrate good news
- CTo blow hot air
- DTo waste time dealing with enemies and problems that do not exist
Explanation
Tilt at windmills, from Don Quixote, means to waste time fighting imaginary enemies or non-existent problems. Youth, celebration and empty talk are unrelated to the idiom. Hence D is the right choice.