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[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I have to admit that that's an expression I've only heard in US circles. As an expression in England, it, well, has no meaning. We kicked some guy's arse and lost our best general.

[–] fibojoly@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Funnily I don't think I've heard Waterloo used that often, in French.
Berezina is more commonly heard as a "complete and utter fuck up of epic proportions". It's the most memorable defeat in the entire retreat from Russia, which itself was a complete disaster.

Waterloo was more of a swansong, since Napoléon had just come back to power after having abdicated, and he was hoping to prove he still had it. He did not.