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Reference to the designated section in Appendix A reveals a brief discussion of the subject of sex-linked metaphors which quite correctly points out that many common metaphors, metonyms, and allusions refer to males— Achilles' heel, before you can say Jack Robinson, Bluebeard, David and Goliath , and many more.
The wily Odysseus slips Achilles some androstenedione, while Apollo stokes the Trojan defenders on creatine.
An article identifies George W. Bush's Achilles' heel: abortion.
The hindlimb was fixed so that no movement of the limb was possible during muscle contraction and the Achilles tendon was attached to a force-displacement transducer (Grass Instruments, Co., Quincy, Mass) to monitor tension development during contraction.
In the case of the Shopping Avenger, his Achilles' heel is not animal, vegetable, or mineral but something less tangible.