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What does Achilles' heel mean?

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Noun
  1. Alternative spelling of Achilles heel
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I wondered at first how they always managed to catch us, and soon realized the balcony was our Achilles' heel.
In the circumstances, worrying about being thought mad or humourless seems a peculiar Achilles' heel.
The fiscal service has long been regarded as the Achilles' heel of the whole criminal justice system.
However, the proliferation of blogs and bloggers could represent the Achilles' heel in this approach.
The concession of late goals has been their Achilles' heel over the last year or so.
Her movement, so much improved over the last two years, has now become an Achilles' heel once more and that may be the telling factor.

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