| 单词 | to meet one's waterloo |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto meet one's Waterloo 8. A situation, event, etc., which proves the (final) undoing of a person or thing; a decisive defeat or failure, a catastrophe. Chiefly in to meet one's Waterloo. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > competition or rivalry > [noun] > a contest or competition > decisive Waterloo1816 shoot-out1975 the world > action or operation > completing > complete or conclude action [verb (intransitive)] > arrive at a final or decisive point to bring, come, etc., to the (or an) upshot1604 to meet one's Waterloo1859 1816 Ld. Byron Let. 5 Dec. in T. Moore Life Ld. Byron (1851) 329/1 It [sc. the Armenian alphabet] is..a Waterloo of an Alphabet. 1842 J. Aiton Clerical Econ. ii. 48 If there must be a Waterloo, let it be a conflict for all the minister's rights, so that he may never require to go to law in his lifetime again. 1859 W. Phillips Lesson of Hour 11 Every man meets his Waterloo at last. 1902 Washington Post 3 May 8/6 Five favorites and a heavily played second choice won, and ‘getaway day’ proved a Waterloo for the books. 1961 C. McCullers Clock without Hands iii. 67 I felt right then and there I had met my Waterloo. 2002 U.S. News & World Rep. 28 Oct. 53/2 HRT has not met its Waterloo. Despite the headlines, the estrogen–progestin regimen did not flunk ‘massively’. < as lemmas |
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