heel of Achilles

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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 Ramsay, H. Ashton

That’s a veritable heel of Achilles with him.”

From The Land of Frozen Suns by Sinclair, Bertrand W.

Mr. Polly had discovered the heel of Achilles.

From The History of Mr. Polly by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

I chanced to discover that Simon's heel of Achilles was his fear of death, so my next scheme was a pious plot to frighten him into behaving like a human being and a good citizen.

From The Monk of Hambleton by Livingston, Armstrong

If this is the heel of Cornwall, it, like the heel of Achilles, is vulnerable, and nearly severed by the slash!

From Cornwall by Mitton, G. E. (Geraldine Edith)