idiom
Achilles heel
ah-KIL-eez HEEL
əˈkɪliːz hiːlListen
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Syllable breakdown
Achillesheel
Dictionary meaning
a person's most vulnerable point or fatal weakness; a critical flaw despite overall strength; from the Greek myth of Achilles who was invulnerable except for his heel
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