meet one's Waterloo

成語所屬單字waterloo

meet one's Waterloo — 慣用語

1. to suffer a final defeat or failure at the hands of a person, group, or problem

1.慣用語
釋義

遇到滑鐵盧；遭到慘敗

to suffer a final defeat or failure at the hands of a person, group, or problem that proves too difficult to overcome.

例句

The famous singer met her Waterloo when a teenage contestant outperformed her on live television.

After ten years of winning every case, lawyer Christopher finally met his Waterloo against a young public defender.