chinks in the armor
Gaps in protection
Chinks in the armor are weak points in a defense or argument—places where protection fails.
The phrase comes from gaps between metal plates in medieval armor, where a blade could penetrate.
Now almost always figurative: The prosecutor found chinks in the defendant's alibi.
A person's chinks in the armor are their vulnerabilities.
- flawImperfection in something
- strategyPlanned approach to goals
- breaking pointMoment of collapse
- defectInherent imperfection or fault
- fatal flawRuinous character defect
leverage · shield · Achilles' heel · loophole · point of entry · undermining · fortification · exploitation · gap · shortcoming · soft spot · infiltration · breach · barrier · liability · fragility · bulwark · safeguard
chinks in the armorinvulnerability
Immunity to all damage
invincibility · impenetrability · bulletproof · unassailable · impregnable
chinks in the armorflawlessness
Total absence of defects
perfection · faultlessness · impeccable · unblemished · spotless record
chinks in the armorfull armor
fortress · stronghold · bastion · locked down · battened down the hatches
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