Demetaphorication (Achilles heel)

[Alice Faber]

Well, I'm not sure *exactly* what to call this, but it seems to fit in
with the eggcorns and mixed metaphors and idioms we've been talking
about. Anyway, during last night's Braves-Rangers (baseball) game on
ESPN, one of the announcers consistently used the phrase "Achilles heel"
in rather concrete references to a player's Achilles *tendon*. (I
believe it was Jeff Brantley, a former player, now doing regular
play-by-play and studio work for ESPN).

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