Achilles' heel (noun)

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• 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 — noun (C) a weak part of something, especially of someone s character, which is easy for other people to attack: I think Frank s vanity is his Achilles heel …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• Achilles' heel — n. a person s weak or vulnerable point. Etymology: L Achilles f. Gk Akhilleus, a hero in the Iliad, invulnerable except in the heel * * * noun a seemingly small but actual mortal weakness • Hypernyms: ↑weak part, ↑weak spot, ↑soft spot * * * n… …   Useful english dictionary

• Achilles heel — /əˌkɪliz ˈhil / (say uh.kileez heel) noun a single major weakness or point of vulnerability. {from the Greek legend of Achilles} …  

• Achilles' heel — noun Etymology: from the story that Achilles was vulnerable only in the heel Date: 1855 a vulnerable point …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Achilles heel — noun /əˌkɪl.iːz ˈhiːl/ a) A vulnerability in an otherwise strong situation. b) The Achilles tendon, the tendo Achillis. Syn: soft spot, vulnerability, weakness, weak spot …   Wiktionary

• Achilles heel — [ə kɪli:z] noun a weakness or vulnerable point. Origin C19: alluding to 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 …   English new terms dictionary

• Achilles' heel — A|chil|les heel [ ə kıliz ,hil ] noun singular a weak feature of someone or something that could cause failure or be attacked …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• Achilles' heel — UK [əˌkɪliːz ˈhiːl] / US [əˈkɪlɪz ˌhɪl] noun [singular] a weak feature that someone or something has that could cause failure or could be attacked …   English dictionary

• Achilles — noun a mythical Greek hero of the Iliad; a foremost Greek warrior at the siege of Troy; when he was a baby his mother tried to make him immortal by bathing him in a magical river but the heel by which she held him remained vulnerable his Achilles …   Useful english dictionary

• Achilles tendon — ► NOUN ▪ the tendon connecting calf muscles to the heel …   English terms dictionary