Synonyms for achilles' heel
achilles' heel

Princeton's WordNet

1. Achilles' heelnoun

   a seemingly small but actual mortal weakness

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1. • Weak Part

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1. Executive Martin Daum said:

   You cannot have enough expertise in this area. Our Achilles' heel is the ability to quickly develop software.

2. Jack Riley:

   Clearly that was his Achilles' heel the first time and I think it can be this time, this time when we get him, and I tell you we are going to get him, it may have a little different outcome for him.

3. Marcel Fratzscher:

   Low investment is the Achilles' heel of the German economy.

4. John Hannah:

   Maintenance has long been an Achilles heel for the Iraqi security services, and they have been almost entirely dependent on the United States to keep their planes flying, the F-16s have been based at the Balad airfield, which has been regularly targeted with rockets and mortars by pro-Iranian militias. My view is that the F-16 program could be in serious trouble if the Iraqi government is unable or unwilling to fulfill its most basic international obligation to protect U.S. diplomats, troops, and contractors that theyve invited into their country.

5. Bill Maher:

   I feel like that’s the Achilles heel of the left right now. They identify issues mostly by what they can feel superior to another person for.