meet Waterloo 成语
meet one's Waterloo
Idiom(s): meet one's WaterlooTheme: ENDINGS
to meet one's final and insurmountable challenge. (Refers to Napoleon at Waterloo. )
• The boss is being very hard on Bill. It seems that Bill has finally met his Waterloo.
• John was more than Sally could handle. She has finally met her Waterloo.
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v. phr. To be defeated; lose an important contest. After seven straight victories the team met its Waterloo. John fought instead of running, and the bully met his Waterloo. (After Napoleon's final defeat at Waterloo.)Waterloo
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meet (one's) Waterloo
To acquaintance a final and aural defeat. (Napoleon Bonaparte suffered his crushing final defeat at the Battle of Waterloo.) The underdog aggregation met their Waterloo in the championship bold and absent to the best aggregation in the alliance 17-1.Learn more: meet, Waterloomeet one's Waterloo
Fig. to accommodated one's final and insurmountable challenge. (Alludes to the final defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo.) The bang-up is actuality actual adamantine on Bill. It seems that Bill has assuredly met his Waterloo. John was added than Sally could handle. She has assuredly met her Waterloo.Learn more: meet, Waterloomeet one's Waterloo, to
To acquaintance a above defeat. Alluding to the final defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo in 1815, Wendell Phillips acclimated the appellation in1859 to call the defeat of abolitionist John Brown in acclimation a bondservant insurgence at Harpers Ferry, Virginia (“Every man meets his Waterloo at last”).Learn more: meet
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