heel of Achilles
Example Sentences
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Our great author had indeed the heel of Achilles.
From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Isaac Disraeli
There is always the heel of Achilles somewhere; trust the devil to find that.
From The Voice in the Fog by Harold MacGrath
Fearing that she might discover our vulnerable "heel of Achilles" we had to take all chances.
From The Monitor and the Merrimac Both sides of the story by H. Ashton Ramsay
It was the heel of Achilles a while back, and now it is the stone of Sisyphus!
From Daisy Burns (Volume 2) by Julia Kavanagh
Yet her devouring passion for this one man, inexplicable in its endurance and intensity, would, I felt sure even then, in the future as in the past, prove to be her heel of Achilles.
From Ayesha, the Return of She by Henry Rider Haggard
