achilles heel

Englisch - Türkisch

Definition von achilles heel im Englisch Türkisch wörterbuch

zayıf nokta

zaaf

(Mitoloji) bir şeyin zayıf noktası (mitolojide achilles ancak topuğundan vurulunca ölebiliyormuş.Bu sebepten dolayı bir şeyin ya da insanın zayıf noktası "achilles heel" olarak nitelendiriliyor.)

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Relevante Übersetzungen

Achilles' heel

Güçlü birinin kendisini yıkıma götürebilecek olan bir zayıflığı

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Achilles' heel

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achilles heels

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achilles' heel

zayıf

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von achilles heel im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

The Achilles' tendon, the tendo Achillis

A vulnerability in an otherwise strong situation

(Greek Mythology) only spot which is vulnerable (taken from the story in which Achilles is dipped in the river)

Someone's Achilles heel is the weakest point in their character or nature, where it is easiest for other people to attack or criticize them. Horton's Achilles heel was that he could not delegate

Relevante Übersetzungen

Achilles heels

plural form of Achilles heel

Achilles' heel

Alternative spelling of Achilles heel

Achilles' heel

a weak part of someone's character, which could cause them to fail at something (From the story that the ancient Greek hero Achilles was dipped as a baby into the river Styx to protect him, but the part of his heel he was held by did not get wet, and so remained unprotected)

Achilles' heel

fatal weakness, vulnerable spot (from the Greek legend of Achilles)

achilles' heel

a seemingly small but actual mortal weakness

Silbentrennung

A·chil·les heel

Türkische aussprache

ıkîliz hil

Synonyme

soft spot, vulnerability, weakness, weak spot, chink in the armor, damaging weakness, defect, failing, flaw, foible, frailty, handicap, heel of achilles, susceptibility, tender spot

Aussprache

/əˈkəlēz ˈhēl/ /əˈkɪliːz ˈhiːl/

Etymologie

() From Greek hero Achilles, whom according to legend his mother held by the heel when she dipped him in the River Styx, making him invulnerable everywhere except on his heel. The legend of Achilles has it that he was dipped into the river Styx by his mother Thetis in order to make him invulnerable. His heel wasn't covered by the water and he was later killed by an arrow wound to his heel. Although the legend is ancient, the phrase wasn't picked up in English until the 19th century. It is used as a metaphor for vulnerability, as in the earliest citation, an essay by Samuel Taylor Coleridge in The Friend; a literary, moral and political weekly paper, 1810: "Ireland, that vulnerable heel of the British Achilles!"