Achilles' heel

NOUN
  1. a seemingly small but actual mortal weakness
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How To Use Achilles' heel In A Sentence

  • New evidence points to production of myelin, a fatty insulation coating the brain's internal wiring, as a neural Achilles' heel early in life.
  • The desire for publicity became her Achilles' heel.
  • The team's offense is their Achilles' heel.
  • They claim to have found "a viral Achilles' heel" that could lead to the development of a flu vaccine.
  • The enemy had an Achilles' heel somewhere, if only he could find it.
  • Cecilia is a very good dancer but she is too short. That's her Achilles' heel.
  • If not correctly understood it can be the Achilles' heel of a complicated chain of investigations.
  • Decoys that can confuse the homing sensor in the interceptor are the Achilles' heel of this system.
  • Measuring the microclimate was the expedition's achilles' heel.
  • The team's offense is their Achilles' heel.
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