| 单词 | soft underbelly |
| 释义 | > as lemmassoft underbelly a. A vulnerable part, esp. in soft underbelly. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > [noun] > liability to harm, loss, etc. > vulnerable part, thing, or person gap1548 weak link1581 subjecta1593 sitting1618 blota1657 soft spot1770 Achilles heel1839 sick man1853 soft underbelly1942 1942 W. S. Churchill in Hansard Commons 11 Nov. 28 We make this wide encircling movement in the Mediterranean..having for its object the exposure of the under-belly of the Axis, especially Italy, to heavy attack. 1949 Life 31 Oct. 36/2 An all-out attack on the ‘soft under~belly’ of socialism. 1959 E. H. Clements High Tension vii. 130 The educational organisation..attacked the soft under-belly of the nation: the children. 1976 J. Crosby Snake (1977) x. 45 She was..sticking her knife into the disgusting underbelly of male chauvinism, and..into the soft underbelly of capitalism. 1980 Encounter May 86/2 The plan was to..punch their way through the soft, unsuspecting underbelly of Iran. < as lemmas |
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