Today, "Goliath" is a common name for a very large machine or other artifact--and "David against Goliath" is a proverbial description for a contest in which one opponent finds himself extremely outmatched but might win anyway--especially if the "outmatched" contestant does win. However the German [[Goliath tank]] of [[World War II]] was a tiny, unmanned remote-controlled vehicle. | Today, "Goliath" is a common name for a very large machine or other artifact--and "David against Goliath" is a proverbial description for a contest in which one opponent finds himself extremely outmatched but might win anyway--especially if the "outmatched" contestant does win. However the German [[Goliath tank]] of [[World War II]] was a tiny, unmanned remote-controlled vehicle. |