chink in armor
Exploitable weak spot
A chink in armor is a gap or weak spot in a defensive covering—literally, a crack where a blade might slip through.
The phrase now refers to any vulnerability in something otherwise strong or well-protected: His confidence was impressive, but his temper was the chink in his armor.
Sometimes spelled chink in one's armor.
- loopholeExploitable gap in rules
- flawImperfection in something
- weak spotVulnerability to exploit
- blind spotArea of blocked perception
- idiomFixed phrase, opaque meaning
gap · Achilles' heel · soft spot · soft underbelly · glass jaw · liability · frailty · defect · shortcoming · shield · metaphor · figure of speech · protection · defense · barrier · fortification · bulwark · trope
- weaknessesweakness, flaw, failing, defect, shortcoming
- vulnerabilityvulnerability, vulnerable, defenselessness, defenseless, helplessness
chink in armorinvulnerability
Immunity to all damage
thick skin · invincibility · impregnability · bulletproof · watertight
chink in armorstrong suit
One's greatest ability
ace in the hole · trump card · strength · secret weapon · forte
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