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Definition of a chink in someone's armour in English:
a chink in someone's armour
phrase
A weak point in someone's character or arguments which makes them vulnerable to attack.
‘there was a chink in the armour of his benevolence and it was well worth trying to exploit it’
‘My booking agent and dear friend said to me recently, ‘You realize that everybody is looking for a chink in your armor.’’
‘While it has been stated that it would take something as strong as kryptonite to create a chink in Wark 's armour, close friends said she would have been stung by such criticism.’
‘Can a glamorous, ruthless TV journalist manage to find a chink in his armour?’
‘But everybody has a chink in their armour; his was found when asked to play on a Peter Green tribute album.’
‘But they have a chink in their armour, their bench is said not to be the strongest, and they don't have the quality players they need to reinvigorate their side.’
‘If there is a chink in Hatton 's armour, it may be this punch.’
‘And will a ruthless TV journalist find a chink in his armour?’
‘They probably just want to see a chink in your armour, so to speak.’
‘Some starting lineups can put a chink in any knight 's armor; others can't even lift a sword.’
‘He had my mother grill me that day about the kidnapping, looking for a chink in my armor.’
‘Yet somehow one feels compelled to go through the motions in the vain hope that someone will suddenly show a chink in their armour, knowing that even if they did you could not write it without endangering them.’
‘That image of him looking so alone put a chink in Tang 's armor.’
‘Before that tournament you were bulletproof, but suddenly there was a chink in your armour.’
‘You look for a chink in Schumacher 's armour, and you just can't find one.’
‘A foolish move, I now could see a chink in its armour.’
‘‘England don't have too many weak points,’ he replies when asked where a chink in their armour might be found.’
‘They will also be looking for a chink in Harrison 's armour, a barely-noticeable weakness that they can use to destroy him when the time comes.’
‘They will pose the biggest challenge we have had at home this season and it is a case of trying to find a chink in their armour.’
‘I don't want them to find out the hard way when the media has found a chink in their armor and taken advantage of it.’