Achilles Heel? How Do We Use This Term? - Learn English Idioms
Channel: Matt and Kelly's Adventures
Date: 2021-04-05

Learn English with the help of Matt and Kelly! We're starting our video series exploring the fun origins of English Idioms and strange expressions that you may hear in movies or read in books. This week's idiom comes from a classic story in Greek Mythology. 

We may know the story of Achilles, but what is the meaning of "Achilles heel?" and how do we use "Achilles heel" in conversation? Let's discover more about this Greek hero's only weakness, and how to use the English expression "Achilles Heel".

Achilles was a hero, who was born a half-god and given the ability to be almost entirely indestructible, except for his one weakness, his heel. Achilles' story is so notable and significant, that doctors gave his name to a tendon in our heels.