Idiom
soft underbelly
Meaning
A weak spot; a soft spot.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Every security system has a soft underbelly.”
“The company realized that their outdated computer network was the soft underbelly of their entire business operation.”
“While the empire appeared invincible to its rivals, the internal corruption within its government served as a dangerous soft underbelly.”
Examples
simple
“Every security system has a soft underbelly.”
contextual
“The company realized that their outdated computer network was the soft underbelly of their entire business operation.”
complex
“While the empire appeared invincible to its rivals, the internal corruption within its government served as a dangerous soft underbelly.”
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