Achilles' heel
Achilles' heel
Fig. a weak point or fault in someone or something otherwise perfect or excellent. (From the legend of Greek hero Achilles, who had only one vulnerable part of his body, his heel; as an infant his mother had held him by one heel to dip him in the River Styx to make him invulnerable.)
He was very brave, but fear of spiders was his Achilles' heel.
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- a blight on the land
- a fighting chance
- agree to sth
- a hold on so
- a kick in the teeth
- a leg up
- all night long
- all wool and a yard wide
- ally (oneself) (with so) (against so or sth)
- along in years
- A miss is as good as a mile.
- a mopping-up operation
- and change
- answer so back
- a number of things or people
- approach so about so or sth
- a rain check (on sth)
- arm (so against so or sth) (with sth)
- as a result (of sth)
- as far as anyone knows
- a sharp tongue
