Achilles heel

Achilles' heel English Alternative forms en Achilles' heel Etymology From the Greek hero Achilles, whom according to legend his mother held by the heel when she dipped him in the River Styx, making him invulnerable everywhere except on his heel. He was later killed by an arrow wound to the heel. Although the legend is ancient, the phrase only entered English in the 19th century. It is used as a metaphor for vulnerability, as in the earliest citation, an essay by Samuel Taylor Coleridge.The friend; a literary, moral, and political weekly paper 26 March Samuel Taylor Coleridge Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1810 431 https://archive.org/details/friendliterarymo02cole/page/431/mode/1up Ireland, that vulnerable heel of the British Achilles! Pronunciation en /əˌkɪl.iːz ˈhiːl/ UK,US en LL-Q1860 (eng)-PerfectSoundWhatever-Achilles heel.wav CA Noun A vulnerability in an otherwise strong situation. en soft spot vulnerability weakness weak spot kryptonite Thesaurus:weak spot en A good all-round golfer, playing out of bunkers is my Achilles heel. en 1953 1955 w:Ian Fleming Casino Royale (novel) Casino Royale London Pan Books Dossier for M 14 In nearly all respects he is an admirable agent of the USSR, but his gross physical habits and predilections are an Achilles heel of which we have been able to take advantage from time to time and one of his mistresses is a Eurasian (No 1860) controlled by Station F, who has recently been able to obtain insight into his private affairs. en 27 December 2020 Uncle Dane How To Fight Every Class In TF2 (As Engineer) (And Win!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3u8JBh3ciIs https://web.archive.org/web/20201227003521/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3u8JBh3ciIs 27 December 2020 10:54 It might seem counter-intuitive, but getting right up in the Demoman's face is the Achillees heel to the power of his explosives. en anatomy The Achilles tendon, the tendo Achillis. Related terms en Achilles en Achilles' tendon Translations vulnerability in an otherwise strong situation Arabic: ar عَقِب أَخِيل m, ar كَعْب أَخِيل m, ar نُقْطَةُ ضَعْف f Armenian: hy աքիլեսյան գարշապար Asturian: ast calcañu d'Aquiles m Belarusian: be ахіле́сава пята́ f Bulgarian: bg ахиле́сова пета́ f Catalan: ca taló d'Aquil·les m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 弱項 ruòxiàng, cmn 死穴, cmn 軟肋 ruǎnlèi, cmn 阿喀琉斯之踵 Ākāliúsī zhī zhǒng, cmn 致命傷 Czech: cs Achilova pata f Danish: da akilleshæl c Dutch: nl achilleshiel m Estonian: et Achilleuse kand Finnish: fi akilleenkantapää French: fr talon d'Achille m Galician: gl talón de Aquiles m Georgian: ka აქილევსის ქუსლი German: de Achillesferse f Greek: el αχίλλειος πτέρνα f Hebrew: he עָקֵב אַכִילֵס m 'akév akhíles Hindi: hi अकिलीज़ की एड़ f Hungarian: hu Achilles-sarok Icelandic: is akkilesarhæll m Interlingua: ia calce de Achilles, ia talon de Achilles Italian: it tallone di Achille, it tallone d'Achille m Japanese: ja アキレス腱 アキレスけん, Akiresuken Korean: ko ^아킬레스 건 Macedonian: mk Ахилова пета f Norwegian: Bokmål: nb akilleshæl m Nynorsk: nn akilleshæl m Pannonian Rusyn: rsk Ахилова пета f Persian: Iranian Persian: fa-ira پاشْنِهٔ آشیل Polish: pl pięta Achillesa f, pl pięta achillesowa f Portuguese: pt calcanhar de Aquiles m Romanian: ro călcâiul lui Ahile n Russian: ru ахилле́сова пята́ f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh А̀хилова пе́та f Latin: sh Àhilova péta f Slovak: sk Achillova päta f Slovene: sl Ahilova peta f Spanish: es talón de Aquiles m Swedish: sv akilleshäl c Tagalog: tl sakong ni Akiles, tl sakong ni Aquiles Turkish: tr Aşil topuğu Ukrainian: uk ахілле́сова п'ята́ f Uzbek: uz Axilles tovoni, uz Axilles toʻpigʻi Zhuang: za dingiuj Ahgahliuzswh Achilles tendon See also en chink in the armor en feet of clay en hamartia References Further reading en eponyms terms derived from Greek mythology