mistaking windmills for giants
mistaking windmills for giants is the present participle and gerund of mistake windmills for giants.
Meaning of mistake windmills for giants
Verb
mistake windmills for giants (third-person singular simple present mistakes windmills for giants, present participle mistaking windmills for giants, simple past mistook windmills for giants, past participle mistaken windmills for giants)
- To perceive ordinary, nonthreatening objects or situations as significant dangers or adversaries, often due to an overly romantic, idealistic, or deluded worldview.
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