meet your Waterloo
成語所屬單字waterloo
meet your Waterloo — 慣用語
1. to be finally and completely beaten by a stronger person, group, or by a difficu
1.慣用語
釋義
遭遇滑鐵盧；在強敵面前慘敗
to be finally and completely beaten by a stronger person, group, or by a difficulty that you cannot overcome, especially when you had been winning or succeeding up to that point
例句
The undefeated boxing champion met his Waterloo when the younger fighter knocked him out in the third round.
Élise had never failed a maths exam before, but she met her Waterloo with the university entrance test.