heel of Achilles

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Now, and for the last forty years, the condition of the Roman States is the heel of Achilles of the Catholic Church, the standing reproach for adversaries throughout the world, and a stumbling-block for thousands.

From The History of Freedom by Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron

It was the heel of Achilles a while back, and now it is the stone of Sisyphus!

From Daisy Burns (Volume 2) by Kavanagh, Julia

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

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

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