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What is the origination of the expression rail against the wind?
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To rail against is to curse, revile and assail against something. To rail against the wind is to go up against, curse, revile and fight against a worthless adversary. The wind is a fleeting and meaningless cause. The wind has no substance and a rail against it is a rail aganst nothingness, to fight and curse a meaningless cause.
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