Translation of "Achilles' heel" to German

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Dictionary translations for "Achilles' heel"

achilles' heel noun

pl. achilles' heels

die Achillesferse f

Contexts with "achilles' heel"

My black shoes need heel repairs. Meine schwarzen Schuhe müssen an den Absätzen gerichtet werden.

He squashed the insect with the heel of his foot. Er zerquetschte das Insekt mit der Ferse seines Fußes.

The plump young woman thrust the heel of her stiletto into my big toe under the pretence that I had been too forceful. Die vollschlanke junge Frau stieß mir den Absatz ihres Stöckelschuhs in den großen Zeh unter dem Vorwand, ich sei zu forsch gewesen.

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