throw one's cap over the windmill
English
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.
Verb
throw one's cap over the windmill
- (idiomatic) To act in a crazed manner.
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