William Tell

== English == === Etymology === After the legendary Swiss folk hero said to have shot an apple off his son's head with an arrow. === Proper noun === William Tell (attributive) The act of shooting an object off the top of a person's head. 2005, Claire Elise Katz, ‎Lara Trout, Emmanuel Levinas: Levinas and the question of religion (page 199) According to Zornberg, "Rashi cites the midrash that presents the game the boys are playing as a kind of William Tell game, with Ishmael shooting arrows at Isaac and then claiming, 'But I am only playing.'"