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ACHILLES' HEEL

ACHILLES' HEEL
ScnMaster
a portion, spot, area or the like, that is especially or solely vulnerable. In Greek mythology, Achilles was an illustrious Greek warrior. He had been dipped in the river Styx (one of the mythological rivers of Hell) by his mother, which rendered him invulnerable except in the heel by which she held him. He was fatally wounded by an arrow in that heel. SHSBC Binder 2 Approved Glossary
ACHILLES' HEEL
ScnOEC
a portion, spot, area or the like, that is especially or solely vulnerable. In Greek mythology, Achilles was an illustrious Greek warrior. He had been dipped in the river Styx (one of the mythological rivers of Hell) by his mother, which rendered him invulnerable except in the heel by which she held him. He was fatally wounded by an arrow in that heel. Recently in Los Angeles, up the line from Los Angeles, a place called Eureka, and the public prosecutor, something of the area, decided that Eureka - "I have found it; I have found the Achilles' heel," and he piled in on the top of an auditor there - a branch, a little town organization - and he came in on top of this with a crash and he thought he was really going to get someplace and telex roared.