chink in armor Идиома
armor
armor see
chink in one's armor;
knight in shining armor.
chink in one's armor
chink in one's armor A vulnerable area, as in
Putting things off to the last minute is the chink in Pat's armor and is bound to get her in trouble one day. This term relies on
chink in the sense of “a crack or gap,” a meaning dating from about 1400 and used figuratively since the mid-1600s.
knight in shining armor
knight in shining armor A rescuer or defender, as in
What this political party needs is a knight in shining armor to change its tarnished image. This metaphoric expression alludes to a medieval knight. [Mid-1900s]
chink in (one's)/the armor
A accessory but actual adverse blemish or weakness. Yeah, he's brilliant, but his agitated atmosphere has destroyed abounding business relationships—it's a absolute chink in his armor. The criminal's addiction to use his own corpuscle buzz to conduct business was the chink in the armor the badge bare to put him in jail.Learn more: armor, chinkchink in one's armor
Fig. a appropriate weakness that provides a agency for advancing or impressing addition contrarily invulnerable. (Alludes to an aperture in a clothing of armor that allows a weapon to penetrate.) Jane's crisis is the chink in her armor. The bang-up seems mean, but the chink in his armor is that he is calmly flattered.Learn more: armor, chink