glass jaw
Easily knocked out
A glass jaw is a vulnerability to being knocked out by a punch to the face—the jaw shatters like glass under impact.
The term comes from boxing but extends to any critical weakness: The candidate's glass jaw was his voting record on healthcare.
Someone with a glass jaw can't take a hit.
Incapacitating final blow
- punchStrike with fist
- chinLowest facial protrusion
- fighterOne who engages in combat
- uppercutAscending boxing strike
hook · KO · canvas · haymaker · bout · referee · count · heavyweight
Liable to shatter
- breakableCapable of shattering
- delicateEasily broken or harmed
- shatterFragment violently, suddenly
- crackNarrow break or attempt
fracture · frangible · splinter · weak · flimsy · frail · tender · gossamer
Deficiency in force
- fragilityEase of breaking
- susceptibilityLiability to influence
- defenselessnessState of being unprotected
- exposureState of being unprotected
frailty · sensitivity · liability · precariousness · Achilles heel · soft spot · chink in armor · weak point
knockout
Incapacitating final blow
uppercut · hook · KO · canvas · haymaker · bout · referee · count · heavyweight · sparring
brittle
Liable to shatter
crack · fracture · frangible · splinter · weak · flimsy · frail · tender · gossamer · insubstantial
weakness
Deficiency in force
- fragilityEase of breaking
- susceptibilityLiability to influence
- defenselessnessState of being unprotected
exposure · frailty · sensitivity · liability · precariousness · Achilles heel · soft spot · chink in armor · weak point · tender
- boxingjab, uppercut, hook, punch, knockout
- punchesjab, uppercut, haymaker, left hook, right hook
- Knockoutsknockout, KO, TKO, technical knockout, knockout punch
glass jawthick-skinned
Resistant to criticism
tough as nails · thick skin · resilient · unflappable · iron will
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