Achilles heeln.

Brit.

/əˈkɪliːz ˌhiːl/, U.S.

/əˈkɪliz ˌhil/

Forms:

α. 1800s– Achilles heel.

β. 1800s– Achilles' heel.

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Achilles , heel n.¹

Etymology: In α. forms < the name of Achilles (see Achillean adj.) + heel n.¹ In β. forms < the genitive of the name of Achilles + heel n.¹ Compare earlier (in more concrete sense) Achilles tendon n. at Achilles n. 1.So named from the mythological account that when the infant Achilles was dipped by his mother Thetis in the Styx, to render him invulnerable, he was held by the heel, which thereby escaped dipping and remained vulnerable.

A vulnerable spot or weak point.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > [noun] > liability to harm, loss, etc. > vulnerable part, thing, or person

gap1548

weak link1581

subjecta1593

sitting1618

blota1657

soft spot1770

Achilles heel1839

sick man1853

soft underbelly1942

1705 J. Denham in New Coll. Poems State Affairs 33 Leave then, said he, th' invulnerable Keel, We'll find they're feeble, like Achilles Heel.

1810 S. T. Coleridge Friend 431 Ireland, that vulnerable heel of the British Achilles!]

1839 H. Coleridge in P. Massinger & J. Ford Dramatic Wks. Introd. p. l Ultra-royalism is the Achilles-heel of the Church of England.

1864 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia IV. xvii. ii. 522 Hanover..the Achilles'-heel to invulnerable England.

1897 G. B. Shaw Let. 2 July (1965) I. 777 Divorce is the Achilles heel of marriage.

1930 L. D. Bronshtein tr. L. Trotsky Life xxv. 262 By his verbal artifices, he only discloses his own Achilles' heel.

1957 A. E. Coppard It's Me, O Lord! ii. 17 The three R's, the third of which..was..my Achilles heel.

1972 Catholic Herald 28 Jan. 1/5 It is this refusal to condemn which is the Achilles heel of contemporary Christian psychology.

2005 Hotdog June 52/3 The finale—every super-movie's Achilles heel—lacks a suitable emotional thwack.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	achilles heel
释义	Achilles heeln. Brit. /əˈkɪliːz ˌhiːl/, U.S. /əˈkɪliz ˌhil/ Forms: α. 1800s– Achilles heel. β. 1800s– Achilles' heel. Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Achilles , heel n.¹ Etymology: In α. forms < the name of Achilles (see Achillean adj.) + heel n.¹ In β. forms < the genitive of the name of Achilles + heel n.¹ Compare earlier (in more concrete sense) Achilles tendon n. at Achilles n. 1.So named from the mythological account that when the infant Achilles was dipped by his mother Thetis in the Styx, to render him invulnerable, he was held by the heel, which thereby escaped dipping and remained vulnerable. A vulnerable spot or weak point. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > [noun] > liability to harm, loss, etc. > vulnerable part, thing, or person gap1548 weak link1581 subjecta1593 sitting1618 blota1657 soft spot1770 Achilles heel1839 sick man1853 soft underbelly1942 1705 J. Denham in New Coll. Poems State Affairs 33 Leave then, said he, th' invulnerable Keel, We'll find they're feeble, like Achilles Heel. 1810 S. T. Coleridge Friend 431 Ireland, that vulnerable heel of the British Achilles!] 1839 H. Coleridge in P. Massinger & J. Ford Dramatic Wks. Introd. p. l Ultra-royalism is the Achilles-heel of the Church of England. 1864 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia IV. xvii. ii. 522 Hanover..the Achilles'-heel to invulnerable England. 1897 G. B. Shaw Let. 2 July (1965) I. 777 Divorce is the Achilles heel of marriage. 1930 L. D. Bronshtein tr. L. Trotsky Life xxv. 262 By his verbal artifices, he only discloses his own Achilles' heel. 1957 A. E. Coppard It's Me, O Lord! ii. 17 The three R's, the third of which..was..my Achilles heel. 1972 Catholic Herald 28 Jan. 1/5 It is this refusal to condemn which is the Achilles heel of contemporary Christian psychology. 2005 Hotdog June 52/3 The finale—every super-movie's Achilles heel—lacks a suitable emotional thwack. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1839
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