A chain is no stronger than its weakest link

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• a chain is no stronger than its weakest link — 1856 C. KINGSLEY Letter 1 Dec. (1877) II. 499 The devil is very busy, and no one knows better than he, that ‘nothing is stronger than its weakest part’. 1868 L. STEPHEN in Cornhill Mag. XVII. 295 A chain is no stronger than its weakest link; but… …   Proverbs new dictionary

• a chain is no stronger than its weakest link — This means that processes, organisations, etc, are vulnerable because the weakest person or part can always damage or break them …   The small dictionary of idiomes

• link — 01. Detectives were able to [link] the murderer to the crime using DNA evidence. 02. The [link] between smoking and cancer is too strong to ignore. 03. The kids [linked] arms, and skated around the rink laughing and shouting. 04. There is a… …   Grammatical examples in English

• chain — see a chain is no stronger than its weakest link …   Proverbs new dictionary

• link — see a chain is no stronger than its weakest link …   Proverbs new dictionary

• The Weakest Link (UK game show) — Infobox Television show name = The Weakest Link caption = format = Game Show picture format = 16:9 runtime = 45 minutes creator = Fintan Coyle Cathy Dunning starring = Anne Robinson channel = BBC Two (14 August, 2000 8 February, 2008) BBC One… …   Wikipedia

• Theory of constraints — Part of a series of articles on Industry Manufacturing methods Batch production • Job production Continuous production Improvement method …   Wikipedia

• Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs, Thematic Index — absence absence makes the heart grow fonder he who is absent is always in the wrong the best of friends must part blue are the hills that are far away distance lends enchantment to the view out of sight, out of mind …   Proverbs new dictionary

• weakness — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Lack of strength Nouns 1. weakness, feebleness, debility, debilitation, infirmity, decrepitude, inanition; weariness, enervation, impotence; paleness, colorlessness; disability, attenuation, senility,… …   English dictionary for students

• weak — see a chain is no stronger than its weakest link the weakest go to the wall Yorkshire born and Yorkshire bred, strong in the arm and weak in the head …   Proverbs new dictionary

• cooperation — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Working toward a common goal Nouns 1. (act of cooperating) cooperation, coadjuvancy, coadjutancy; co agency, coefficiency, concert, concurrence, participation, collaboration, coexistence; bipartisanship; …   English dictionary for students