Achilles heel
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Achilles heel
noun
a portion, spot, area, or the like, that is especially or solely vulnerable: His Achilles heel is his quick temper.
Also, Achilles' heel.
Origin:
1800–10
1800–10
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| Achilles heel | |
| —n | |
| a small but fatal weakness | |
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Achilles heel
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