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The one weak spot that makes every other strength irrelevant.

means A single vulnerability or flaw that can bring down an otherwise strong person, plan, or thing.

from From the Greek myth of Achilles, whose mother dipped him in the River Styx to make him invulnerable — but held him by the heel, leaving that one spot untouched by the magic water. He survived countless battles only to die from an arrow to that very heel. The phrase itself as a fixed English idiom is a much later coinage, popularized in the 19th century, long after the myth itself was ancient.

origin
mom dipped him in the Styx, missed the heel
irony
invincible everywhere except the one place that mattered
modern use
any flaw strong enough to undo total excellence
fatal detail
an arrow to the heel actually killed him
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