Search Options
close
Search the following clips:
All Clips
Everyone's Clips
My Guides
Sign Up
Install
Learn More
Login
achilles heel
ychyn23
follow
0
7-29-2008 6:52 AM
55 views
Add a Comment
Login
to Comment. Not a member yet?
Sign up
Related Clips
Watch Little House on the Prairie Online Free
Sexual Abuse Rates High Among Deployed Fem...
They just don't fear heaven and earth
Search millions of historic photos - broug...
Ghoul's Glossary: Vice President
Intimidation Fail
A Day Without Gays
More clips from
ychyn23
how to use FLV player
superhuman
how to use clipmarks
Today's Top Clips
Obama's Use of Complete Sentences Stirs Controversy
Most Amazing Lightning Strike You Will Ever See
What Makes People Racist?
Sun + Water = Fuel
You're entitled to your own opinion - not your own truth
Working hard to be genius!
Naomi Campbel reclaim her faith in God !! Thank goodness ..
Do-It-Yourself Tests for Racism, Homophobia, Ageism and Anti-Obesity Bias
Norwegian shipping firm takes long way to avoid pirates
California wildfires (yet again) - Photos
visit the
Top Clips page
View the Top Clips from
July 29, 2008
Embed This Clip In Your Site...
<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/2c0bee70-a80b-484b-8484-62d62ddfcd79/443E4E84-BBBD-40B9-BE00-81D8DFF97F6D/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20061004183310AAiUQcv" href="http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20061004183310AAiUQcv" style="font-size: 11px;">answers.yahoo.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20061004183310AAiUQcv">What does the expression 'the Achilles' heel' mean?</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20061004183310AAiUQcv">achilles' heel is used to describe a person weakest point or trait, in reference to the ancient 'unstoppable' hero Achilles whose weakness was his heel</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20061004183310AAiUQcv">Achilles was one of the great warriors in the battle of Troy, when his mother dunked him into the river Styx to make him invincible, she forgot about the heel that she was holding him by, therefore the heel was the only vulnerable part on Achilles body. He was killed in the Battle of Troy by Paris, the one who started the whole war , when he shot an arrow into his foot.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20061004183310AAiUQcv">Achilles heel refers to a persons weakness. the story of Achilles was that the Gods told his mother if she would dip him in this particular river then no harm would ever come to him. She did so by holding him by his foot wich did not get submerged in the River Styx, He was killed by an Arrow piercing his heel which was not invulnerable</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;"> </td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/443E4E84-BBBD-40B9-BE00-81D8DFF97F6D/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
Clipmarks
Home
New Clips
Top Clips
Dashboard
Popular Topics
News
Life
Science
Technology
Entertainment
Get Started
Sign Up
Install Clipping Tool
How Clipping Works
Clip-to-Blog™
ClipSearch
Tools and Resources
FAQ
ClipWeek
Top Clippers
Top Tags
Site Map
About Clipmarks
About Us
Contact
Blog
Copyright
Privacy
EULA
OK
