- Waterloo Wa·ter·loo n
- [ˌwɔːtə'luː]
to meet one's Waterloo fig — subire una disfatta
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Waterloo Wa·ter·loo n
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Wa|ter|loo — «WT uhr loo, WOT ; WT uhr LOO, WOT », noun. 1. any decisive or crushing defeat: »to meet one s Waterloo. 2. a cause of ruin or defeat; undoing: »Cicero s Waterloo…was a woman (S. K. Obereck). ╂[< Waterloo, a town in Belgium, scene of Napoleon… … Useful english dictionary
Wa·ter·loo — /ˌwɑːtɚˈluː/ noun, pl loos [count] : a final defeat his political Waterloo The governor finally met his Waterloo [=was defeated] in the last election … Useful english dictionary
Waterloo — Wa|ter|loo 〈[ lo:], engl. [wɔ:te(r)lu:] n. 15; unz.; umg.〉 vernichtende Niederlage, Fiasko, Debakel ● der Handballverein erlebte ein sportliches Waterloo [nach der Schlacht bei Waterloo, wo die Armee Napoleons am 18.6.1815 vernichtend geschlagen… … Universal-Lexikon
Waterloo — Wa|ter|loo 1.) the Battle of Waterloo an important battle fought in 1815 near Brussels, Belgium, in which the Duke of ↑Wellington, leading the British and the Prussians, defeated ↑Napoleon and the French. It was Napoleon s final defeat, and he… … Dictionary of contemporary English
Waterloo — Wa|ter|loo 〈[ lo:] od. engl. [wɔ:tə(r)lu:] n.; Gen.: s; Pl.: unz.〉 vernichtende Niederlage, Fiasko, Debakel; der Verein erlebte ein sportliches Waterloo [Etym.: nach der Schlacht bei Waterloo, wo die Armee Napoleons am 18.6.1815 vernichtend… … Lexikalische Deutsches Wörterbuch
waterloo — wa·ter·loo s.f. CO per anton., solo sing., anche con iniz. maiusc., fallimento totale, grave sconfitta Sinonimi: disfatta, rovina. {{line}} {{/line}} DATA: 1970. ETIMO: da Waterloo, nome della città belga dove, nel 1815, avvenne la disfatta di… … Dizionario italiano
Waterloo — Wa|ter|loo das; , s <nach der Schlacht bei Waterloo (18. 6. 1815), in der Napoleon vernichtend geschlagen wurde> vernichtende Niederlage, Untergang … Das große Fremdwörterbuch
Waterloo — Wa|ter|loo [ ,wɔtər lu ] a battle between the British and the French in 1815 in which the French leader Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated meet your Waterloo to fail at something that you have always been successful at until now … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
waterloo — wa·ter·loo … English syllables
Waterloo — Wa•ter•loo [[t]ˈwɔ tərˌlu, ˈwɒt ər , ˌwɔ tərˈlu, ˌwɒt ər [/t]] n. 1) geg a village in central Belgium, S of Brussels: Napoleon decisively defeated here on June 18, 1815 2) cvb any decisive or crushing defeat.n 3) geg a city in NE central Iowa. 68 … From formal English to slang
Waterloo — Wa|ter|loo (Ort in Belgien) … Die deutsche Rechtschreibung
