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Achilles in Greek mythology
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In the Iliad, Achilles is proud, arrogant, and too easily offended.Achilles = mythical Greek hero of the Iliad
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Paris killed Achilles by shooting a poisoned arrow into his heal.
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In the film, Troy (2004), Brad Pitt played the character of Achilles.
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Like having Achilles to run your errands. (source)
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She's the Achilles' heel of their marriage, and it's only noticeable if you've been watching it for sixteen years like I have. (source)Achilles = mythical Greek hero of the Iliad; central character and foremost Greek warrior at the siege of Troy
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Now there was a wine that would clash with the stew as Achilles clashed with Hector. (source)
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Dad said he was a greater hero than Hercules or Achilles that the Greeks were always bragging about and he could take on King Arthur and all his knights in a fair fight which, of course, you could never get with an Englishman anyway. (source)Achilles = mythical Greek hero of the Iliad; central character and foremost Greek warrior at the siege of Troy
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He had bathed in the River Styx and taken on the powers of the greatest mortal hero, Achilles. (source)
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Maybe find Raven's Achilles' heel Sneak up, get a drop, slip a mickey, pull a fast one. (source)
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Each one of us seemed to have an Achilles' heel—and the instructors excelled at finding it. (source)
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It is the story of a single, rather lengthy action: the wrath of Achilles. (source)
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Her Achilles' heel. (source)
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Marcus wished he felt as brave as Achilles! (source)
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She might as well have drawn a bull's-eye on her Achilles' heel. (source)
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Achilles and the what? (source)
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From all the stories and rumors, my little brother thinks you're Achilles reborn! (source)
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Indeed, Oedipus's feet are damaged from the thong that was put through his Achilles tendons when, as an infant, he was sent away to die in the wilderness. (source)Achilles = heel cord at the back of lower legs
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In a mass protest decades ago, thirty-one prisoners cut their Achilles tendons, lest they be sent again to work. (source)
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Examples are: RING THE CHANGES ON, TAKE UP THE CUDGELS FOR, TOE THE LINE, RIDE ROUGHSHOD OVER, STAND SHOULDER TO SHOULDER WITH, PLAY INTO THE HANDS OF, AN AXE TO GRIND, GRIST TO THE MILL, FISHING IN TROUBLED WATERS, ON THE ORDER OF THE DAY, ACHILLES' HEEL, SWAN SONG, HOTBED. (source)ACHILLES = the heel cord at the back of the lower leg
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One cannot change this all in a moment, but one can at least change one's own habits, and from time to time one can even, if one jeers loudly enough, send some worn-out and useless phrase-some JACKBOOT, ACHILLES' HEEL, HOTBED, MELTING POT, ACID TEST, VERITABLE INFERNO or other lump of verbal refuse-into the dustbin where it belongs.
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ACHILLES = the heel cord at the back of the lower leg
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