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  What it means

  Literally “soft underbelly.” Means a vulnerable weak point — the most exposed and unprotected part of a system, organisation, or argument.

  Vocabulary

  • miękki — soft
  • podbrzusze — underbelly / lower abdomen

  Grammar note

  'Miękkie' is a neuter adjective agreeing with 'podbrzusze'.

  Cultural context

  Used in geopolitics, military strategy, and business analysis. Churchill famously called southern Europe the 'soft underbelly' of the Axis — the phrase entered Polish political vocabulary.

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