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[hi:l] 1. noun1) (the back part of the foot: I have a blister on my heel.) peta2) (the part of a sock etc that covers this part of the foot: I have a hole in the heel of my sock.) peta3) (the part of a shoe, boot etc under or round the heel of the foot: The heel has come off this shoe.) peta2. verb1) (to put a heel on (a shoe etc).) pribiti peto2) ((usually with over) (of ships) to lean to one side: The boat heeled over in the strong wind.) nagniti se•- - heeled- at/on one's heels
- kick one's heels
- take to one's heels
- to heel
- turn on one's heel* * *I [hi:l]nounpeta, podpetnik; zadnje kopito; zadnja živalska noga; peta, ven moleč del predmeta (npr. držaj godala); spodnji del (jambora, gredi itd.); American slang barabadown at (the) heel — ali out at heels — ponošenih pet, figuratively oguljen, strgan, v slabih razmerahto heel — pri nogi (pes), figuratively ubogljivo, voljnofiguratively under the heel of — pod peto, pod oblastjothe iron heel figuratively trda oblast, železna petaAmerican heel of the hand — peščaj;Z glagoli: to be carried with the heels foremost — biti odnesen s petami naprej, mrtevto come to heel — priti k nogi (pes), figuratively zvesto slediti, ubogatito have s.o. by the heels — imeti koga v oblastito kick ( —ali cool) one's heels — dolgo čakati, American slang plesatito kick ( —ali tip, turn) up one's heels — umreti, pete iztegnitinot to know if one is on one's head or heels — ne vedeti, kje se koga glava držito lay ( —ali clap) by the heels — ujeti, zvezati, spraviti v zaporto show a clean pair of heels — pete pokazati, bežatito take to one's heels — pete odnesti, pobegnitito tread on s.o.'s heels — obesiti se komu na peteII [hi:l]1.transitive verbpodpetiti; podplesti (nogavice); sport udariti žogo z držajem palice (golf), poriniti žogo s peto (rugby), nadeti petelinu ostroge (petelinji boj); American slang dati komu denar;2.intransitive verbstati ob nogi, hoditi ob nogi (pes); dotikati se s petami; American slang teči, švigniti
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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