Achilles' heel is a metaphor for a fatal weakness, regardless of overall strength. An idiom is a phrase whose meaning differs from the meanings of the individual words that compose it.
Achilles' heel
A metaphor for fatal weakness, regardless of overall strength.
Achilles – Achilles (ancient Greek mythological hero).
Heel – heel.
An idiom is a phrase whose meaning differs from the meanings of the individual words in it, considered separately and on their own.
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