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What does Achilles' heel mean?

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Noun
  1. Alternative spelling of Achilles heel
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The fiscal service has long been regarded as the Achilles' heel of the whole criminal justice system.
Despite being experienced enough to know not to underestimate his opponents, his overbearing confidence may prove his Achilles' heel.
However, the narrowness of the debate has successfully kept attention away from their real Achilles' heel.
You can either deal with the weakness and make it stronger, or deny the weakness exists, and let it be your Achilles' heel.
It seems to me that we have come to accept death on Earth as part of our human flaw, as our Achilles' heel.
I wondered at first how they always managed to catch us, and soon realized the balcony was our Achilles' heel.

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