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Phrase: Have a weakness for someone/something
OK, boys and girls, it’s Monday.
That means have a weakness for is the last post of my work week.
You may remember that on November 15, the post was have a soft spot for (something).
Today’s post is similar yet different.
For the students who asked me about the usage of ‘yet’ last week, I put it there just for you.
When you have a weakness for something, you can’t resist it.
When you see it, you become powerless against it.
If I took the wrapping off a KitKat bar, put it on a little plate and then laid it on your desk, could you resist eating it?
Before you answer, think about it.
Those sweet chocolate-covered ingots of crispy wafers are sitting on your desk.
Imagine the delicious smell.
It’s about three in the afternoon, and you’re feeling a little peckish.
Oh, it’s gone!
There you go.
You have a weakness for chocolate.
You can also have a weakness when it comes to matters of the heart.
It’s often the case in TV dramas that women have a weakness for bad boys.
Even though the guy is a gangster, in the mafia or a biker club member, the woman cannot resist.
It’s an old and stupid cliché, I know.
She knows that he is no good for her.
She knows full well that she will eventually get her heart broken, but she finds the bad boy irresistible.
Then we have puppies.
If you’re a cat person, please leave now because I have a weakness for puppies, and I don’t like cats.
Puppies are…puppies.
You have to love them.
They’re cute and cuddly.
They don’t walk as much as they waddle because they haven’t gotten used to walking yet.
Even if you’re a cat person, you must have a weakness for puppies, too, even if you won’t admit it.
Flesch-Kincaid Readability Test
This post is understandable by someone with at least a 6th-grade education (age 11).
On the Flesch-Kincaid reading-ease test, this post scores 85.
The easier a passage is to read, the higher the score on a scale of 0 – 100.