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What is an Achilles heel?

What is an Achilles heel? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A vulnerability in an otherwise strong situation.
  2. (anatomy) The Achilles' tendon, the tendo Achillis.
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In fact, the question of income in producing countries is today the Achilles heel of the world coffee sector.
The political failure to create a national liberation front is the Achilles heel of the resistance.
The economy's Achilles heel is overinvestment by businesses.
In fact, that was the Congress' Achilles heel as it scouted for more supporters.
He snapped his Achilles heel while bending to pick up a shuttlecock and will be in plaster for three months.
The seasonality of Canadian production has been called the Achilles heel of the Canadian GH industry.

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