soft underbelly

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soft underbelly

noun soft underbellies

idiomatic A weak spot; a soft spot. But supply convoys are the soft underbelly of a powerful, modern military force that the Taliban is incapable of matching in conventional combat.

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noun weak spot

中文	軟肋 /软肋 ruǎnlèi
Français	ventre mou
Русский	мя́гкое подбрю́шье mjáxkoje podbrjúšʹje

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@misc{soft_underbelly_2026,
  title = {soft underbelly},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/soft%20underbelly},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}