Meet your Waterloo In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "Meet your Waterloo", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

Caroline Tran

2020-11-12 09:11

Meaning of Meet your Waterloo

Synonyms:

get nowhere

Meet your Waterloo verb phrase

To be defeated by someone who is stronger than you or by a difficult problem

This is the first time she has failed, she must have met her Waterloo.

I met my Waterloo in the running competition and lost.

Other phrases about:

to throw in the towel

To quit; to give up, stop doing something because you know that you cannot succeed; admit defeat

Open a Can Of Whoop-Ass

Beat someone up

fray at/around the edges/seams

1. To become shabby or worn along the edges when talking about fabric or threads

2. To become weaker or less effective, or start to fail

come unstuck

1. To fail completely

2. To become separated from something that was stuck to

Bad News Travels Fast

Information about trouble or misfortune circulates quickly( more quicly than good good news)

Grammar and Usage of Meet your Waterloo

Verb Forms

meeting your Waterloo
meets your Waterloo
met your Waterloo

The verb "meet" should be conjugated according to its tense.

Origin of Meet your Waterloo

The idiom derived from the 1815 battle outside the Belgian town of Waterloo, where Napoleon Bonaparte was finally defeated by forces commanded by the Duke of Wellington. "Waterloo" became synonymous with things that are difficult to handle.