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{ "etymology_text": "From the 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. He was later killed by an arrow wound to the heel.\nAlthough the legend is ancient, the phrase only entered English in the 19th century. 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}, { "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "ruòxiàng", "sense": "vulnerability in an otherwise strong situation", "word": "弱项" }, { "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "sǐxué", "sense": "vulnerability in an otherwise strong situation", "word": "死穴" }, { "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "vulnerability in an otherwise strong situation", "word": "軟肋" }, { "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "ruǎnlèi", "sense": "vulnerability in an otherwise strong situation", "word": "软肋" }, { "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "Ākāliúsī zhī zhǒng", "sense": "vulnerability in an otherwise strong situation", "word": "阿喀琉斯之踵" }, { "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "vulnerability in an otherwise strong situation", "word": "致命傷" }, { "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "zhìmìngshāng", "sense": "vulnerability in an otherwise strong situation", "word": "致命伤" }, { "code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "vulnerability in an otherwise strong situation", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "Achilova pata" }, { "code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "vulnerability in an otherwise strong situation", "tags": [ "common-gender" ], "word": "akilleshæl" }, { "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "vulnerability in an otherwise strong situation", "word": "achilleshiel" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "vulnerability in an otherwise strong situation", "word": "akilleenkantapää" }, { "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "vulnerability in an otherwise strong situation", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "talon d’Achille" }, { "code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "vulnerability in an otherwise strong situation", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "talón de Aquiles" }, { "code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "akilevsis kusli", "sense": "vulnerability in an otherwise strong situation", "word": "აქილევსის ქუსლი" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "vulnerability in an otherwise strong situation", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "Achillesferse" }, { "code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "achílleios ptérna", "sense": "vulnerability in an otherwise strong situation", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "αχίλλειος πτέρνα" }, { "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "vulnerability in an otherwise strong situation", "word": "Achilles-sarok" }, { "code": "ia", "lang": "Interlingua", "sense": "vulnerability in an otherwise strong situation", "word": "calce de Achilles" }, { "code": "ia", "lang": "Interlingua", "sense": "vulnerability in an otherwise strong situation", "word": "talon de Achilles" }, { "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "vulnerability in an otherwise strong situation", "word": "tallone di Achille" }, { "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "vulnerability in an otherwise strong situation", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "tallone d'Achille" }, { "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "Akiresuken", "sense": "vulnerability in an otherwise strong situation", "word": "アキレス腱" }, { "code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "akilleseu geon", "sense": "vulnerability in an otherwise strong situation", "word": "아킬레스 건" }, { "code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "Ahilova peta", "sense": "vulnerability in an otherwise strong situation", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "Ахилова пета" }, { "code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "vulnerability in an otherwise strong situation", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "akilleshæl" }, { "code": "nn", "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk", "sense": "vulnerability in an otherwise strong situation", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "akilleshæl" }, { "code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "roman": "pâšne-ye âšil", "sense": "vulnerability in an otherwise strong situation", "word": "پاشنه آشیل" }, { "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "vulnerability in an otherwise strong situation", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "pięta Achillesa" }, { "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "vulnerability in an otherwise strong situation", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "pięta achillesowa" }, { "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "vulnerability in an otherwise strong situation", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "calcanhar de Aquiles" }, { "code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "vulnerability in an otherwise strong situation", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "călcâiul lui Ahile" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "axillésova pjatá", "sense": "vulnerability in an otherwise strong situation", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "ахилле́сова пята́" }, { "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "vulnerability in an otherwise strong situation", "tags": [ "Cyrillic", "feminine" ], "word": "Ахилова пета" }, { "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "vulnerability in an otherwise strong situation", "tags": [ "Roman", "feminine" ], "word": "Ahilova peta" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "vulnerability in an otherwise strong situation", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "talón de Aquiles" }, { "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "vulnerability in an otherwise strong situation", "tags": [ "common-gender" ], "word": "akilleshäl" }, { "code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "vulnerability in an otherwise strong situation", "word": "sakong ni Akiles" }, { "code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "vulnerability in an otherwise strong situation", "word": "sakong ni Aquiles" } ], "wikipedia": [ "Samuel Taylor Coleridge" ], "word": "Achilles heel" }
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