well it sorta means your weakness
your thing that just isn't your stongsuit
your fault
you know?
The modern expression that refers to a person's weak spot which is based on a figure in Greek mythology is Achilles' heel. An Achilles' heel references a deadly weakness despite overall strength.
"Achilles Heel"
a person's "achilles heel"
Achilles, a Greek hero was shot in the heel by Paris, prince of Troy, in the Trojan war. This resulted in the death of Achilles.
"Held by the Heel" refers to the Greek hero Achilles. Achilles Heel. Otherwise it could mean to gain authority/surpass, which has nothing to do with the Greek mythology.
An "Achilles heel" is a person with a weak spot.
The bullseye on Achilles was his heel. According to Greek mythology, Achilles was invulnerable except for his heel, where his mother Thetis held him as she dipped him into the River Styx to make him immortal.
Achilles; it was his heel.
The Achilles tendon, named after the hero Achilles.
Achilles was a hero in greek mythology and when he was a baby he was dipped into the river Styx and he was basically bullet proof but his heel hadn't been dipped into the water and that wasn't bullet proof and he died when a poisoned arrow hit him in his heel.
first vertebra is named after Atlas who held the sky on his shoulders, Achilles' heel, adam's rib.
Achilles was a hero in the Trojan War, one of the Greeks' best fighters because when he was a baby, his mother took him down to the River Styx and dipped him in to make him immortal. But she had to hold him by the heel, so Achilles is invincible everywhere but in his one heel. A person's weak spot is their "Achilles' heel".