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. Wayne Koff:

   We will have found the Achilles heel of HIV.

2. Andreas Essig:

   Now copsin kills bacteria by binding to an essential cell wall building block, the cell wall you can consider like the achilles heel of bacteria, so when you disrupt the cell wall synthesis bacteria usually dies rapidly. The binding pattern of copsin on this building block is very unique and therefore copsin is active against bacteria resistant to conventional antibiotics.

3. 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.

4. Executive Martin Daum said:

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

5. 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.