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Achilles' heel
noun as in vulnerability
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Once you’ve done that, you have to do it day after day to get a feel for your Achilles’ heel.
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"Our patriotism was our Achilles' heel, that's what they exploited," says Mr Yu, who is in his 60s.
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But fertilizer remains Brazil’s Achilles’ heel.
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“UPS’s Achilles’ heel is lightweight residential packages that don’t offset the labor expense,” said Glenn Gooding, president of iDrive Logistics and a former UPS executive.
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The TriColor and First Brands cases prove that data integrity is the Achilles’ heel of modern lending.
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