glass jaw

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A fighting vulnerability where one is easily knocked out via a single hard blow to the…

   A fighting vulnerability where one is easily knocked out via a single hard blow to the chin or jaw (due to lack of conditioning, insufficient training, or damage from past cerebral concussions).

   • "How was I to know that big ape had a glass jaw?"
   • Early in Ali's career, experts believed he had what's called a glass jaw—that he would fall after the first big punch. He was now proving that he could take a punch, but each punch chipped away at his health.
2. 2

   A vulnerability of that sort

   A vulnerability of that sort; a weak spot.

   • It is essential that a player be able to identify his glass jaw or his weak spot and learn to deal with it in actual competition.
   • But if Obama does have a glass jaw, if his candidacy is a bubble waiting to be pricked, a strong Republican nominee like McCain is precisely the guy to do it.
   • Does the frontrunner have a glass jaw? All year, Biden has led in the vast majority of national and early-state polls of Democratic voters.

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