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
Lamis	-	Arabic
Boyle	[bɔil]
Smallwood	['smɔ:lwud]
Silvestra	-	Italian, Slovene
Giuliano	joo-LYAH-no	Italian
Yoav	-	Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew