- an Achilles' heel
- a small fault in a person or system which might cause them to fail.
As a team they're strong on attack but they have a weak defence that might prove to be their Achilles' heel.
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Achilles' heel — {n. phr.}, {literary} A physical or psychological weakness named after the Greek hero Achilles who was invulnerable except for a spot on his heel. * /John s Achilles heel is his lack of talent with numbers and math./ … Dictionary of American idioms
Achilles' heel — {n. phr.}, {literary} A physical or psychological weakness named after the Greek hero Achilles who was invulnerable except for a spot on his heel. * /John s Achilles heel is his lack of talent with numbers and math./ … Dictionary of American idioms
Achilles Heel — may refer to:* Achilles heel, a metaphor for a fatal weakness in spite of overall strength * Achilles Heel (band), a band from New York state * Achilles Heel (album), an album by Pedro the Lion * Achilles tendon … Wikipedia
achilles' heel — A person s weak spot is their Achilles heel … The small dictionary of idiomes
Achilles heel — ► NOUN ▪ a weakness or vulnerable point. ORIGIN from the mythological Greek hero Achilles, whose mother plunged him into the River Styx when he was a baby, thus making his body invulnerable except for the heel by which she held him … English terms dictionary
Achilles Heel (Palmer Archipelago) — Achilles Heel (coord|64|30|S|63|38|W|) is a snow covered hill, 915 m, in the center of the col between Mount Helen and Mount Achilles in the Achaean Range of Anvers Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. Surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies… … Wikipedia
Achilles' heel — Achilles heel, Achilles tendon Use an apostrophe in both expressions for consistency, even though the connection with Achilles is remote in the second … Modern English usage
Achilles' heel — n. (one s) vulnerable or susceptible spot * * * … Universalium
Achilles’ heel — [n] vulnerability chink in the armor*, deficiency, frailty, handicap, soft underbelly*, susceptibility, weakness; concepts 101,230,411,580 … New thesaurus
Achilles' heel — n. (one s) vulnerable or susceptible spot … English World dictionary
Achilles' heel — This article deals with the phrase. For other uses, see Achilles Heel. An Achilles’ heel is a fatal weakness in spite of overall strength, actually or potentially leading to downfall. While the mythological origin refers to a physical… … Wikipedia
