heel of Achilles
Example Sentences
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Hanover, like the heel of Achilles, was the vulnerable part for which England was always trembling.
From Montcalm and Wolfe by Parkman, Francis
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
If this is the heel of Cornwall, it, like the heel of Achilles, is vulnerable, and nearly severed by the slash!
From Cornwall by Mitton, G. E. (Geraldine Edith)
He had found the vulnerable heel of Achilles.
From The Lost Despatch by Lincoln, Natalie Sumner
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
