heel of Achilles

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I bethink me, the rabbi said there was one peril against which the elixir could not guard me—one vulnerable point, by which, like the heel of Achilles, death might reach me!

From Auriol or, The Elixir of Life by Ainsworth, W. Harrison

You said then that they were man's heel of Achilles.

From Captivity by Eyles, M. Leonora

In their existing extent and position, they were simply the heel of Achilles, the vulnerable spot, through which secular foes might wound the Vicar of Christ.

From Henry VIII. by Pollard, A. F. (Albert Frederick)

Now, and for the last forty years, the condition of the Roman States is the heel of Achilles of the Catholic Church, the standing reproach for adversaries throughout the world, and a stumbling-block for thousands.

From The History of Freedom by Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron

At last he found the heel of Achilles.

From Swirling Waters by Rittenberg, Max