单词 | chink in one's armor |
释义 | chink in one's armorSEE SYNONYMS FOR chink in one's armor ON THESAURUS.COM A vulnerable area, as in Putting things off to the last minute is the chink in Pat's armor and is bound to get her in trouble one day. This term relies on chink in the sense of “a crack or gap,” a meaning dating from about 1400 and used figuratively since the mid-1600s. Words nearby chink in one's armorChin Hills, Chin-Hsien, chinic acid, chink, chinkapin, chink in one's armor, chinless, chinless wonder, chin muscle, chin music, chino The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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