heel of Achilles

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

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

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

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

Hanover, like the heel of Achilles, was the vulnerable part for which England was always trembling.

From Montcalm and Wolfe by Parkman, Francis

Mr. Polly had discovered the heel of Achilles.

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