meet one's match

Encounter someone equal in ability to oneself, as in The chess champion was about to meet his match in a computer. This expression originated about 1300 as find one's match, but the alliterative meet was being used by the mid-1500s and has survived.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Agustina	-	Spanish
Siri	SEE-ree (Swedish)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Haralambi	-	Bulgarian
Mabyn	-	Welsh
Raphael	ra-fa-EL (French), RAF-ee-el (English), RAY-fee-əl (English)	German, French, English, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Eldon	EL-dən	English