heel of Achilles
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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
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 Haggard, Henry Rider
That’s a veritable heel of Achilles with him.”
From The Land of Frozen Suns by Sinclair, Bertrand W.
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)
Our great author had indeed the heel of Achilles.
From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Disraeli, Isaac
