{"id":2467,"date":"2016-07-04T01:58:22","date_gmt":"2016-07-03T19:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/to-meet-ones-waterloo-means\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T04:07:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T22:07:13","slug":"to-meet-ones-waterloo-means","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/to-meet-ones-waterloo-means\/","title":{"rendered":"To Meet One&#8217;s Waterloo Means"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What does the idiom or phrase <strong>meet one&#039;s Waterloo<\/strong> mean?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>to meet a strong adversary<\/li>\n<li>to meet one&#8217;s final defeat<\/li>\n<li>to die fighting<\/li>\n<li>to fulfill a strong desire<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[3177],"subject":[3116],"education_level":[1896,1895],"class_list":["post-2467","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-defeat-idioms","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-hsc","education_level-ssc"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>to meet one&#x27;s final defeat<\/strong> is correct because <strong>meet one's Waterloo<\/strong> means to suffer a final and decisive defeat.<\/p><p>This idiom or phrase is useful because it helps students understand the intended meaning beyond the individual words.<\/p><p><strong>Examples:<\/strong> <em>The champion met his Waterloo in the final match.<\/em> <em>The dishonest politician met his Waterloo when the evidence was published.<\/em><\/p><p>The idiom refers to final defeat, not merely meeting a strong opponent.<\/p>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"to meet a strong adversary"},{"right":"yes","answer":"to meet one's final defeat"},{"right":"no","answer":"to die fighting"},{"right":"no","answer":"to fulfill a strong desire"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":3116,"title":"Idioms &amp; Phrases","slug":"idioms-phrases"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":3177,"title":"Defeat Idioms","slug":"defeat-idioms"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/2467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mcq"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=2467"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=2467"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=2467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}