soft underbelly

English

Etymology

From Winston Churchill’s phrase “soft undebelly of the Axis (or Europe)” (1942) ^[1].

Noun

soft underbelly (plural soft underbellies)

(idiomatic) A weak spot; a soft spot.
The current, predominantly right-wing perception is of the Balkans as a contagious disease, an infectious sore in the soft underbelly of Europe, best left to fester in isolation. Southeast European Studies in a Globalizing World‎, 12th January 2014

Translations

weak spot

French: ventre mou (fr) m

Further reading

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References

↑ Were “Soft Underbelly” and “Fortress Europe” Churchill Phrases?, The Churchill Project, April 1, 2016

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