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"soft underbelly" is a correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
It can be used to describe a weak or vulnerable aspect or area of something or someone. Example: The company's financial struggles were caused by their soft underbelly, which was their lack of effective marketing strategies.
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soft underbelly
noun
A weak spot; a soft spot.
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This "is the soft underbelly of downzoning," he said.
The point was that pitching was the soft underbelly of this fading Yankees team.
"In recent years we've had a soft underbelly, but not any more.
An alarming terror threat is now metastasising beneath the "soft underbelly" of Europe.
Mets fans were envisioning what Santana could do against the soft underbelly of the National League.
"If we have a soft underbelly, they're going to run on us".
"Agriculture is the soft underbelly of the American economy," Mr. Probst said.
"It's the soft underbelly of the Nafta," said Alan Alexandroff, a Toronto trade lawyer.
Attacks on the tourism industry strike the government in its soft underbelly: Egypt's faltering economy.
City have notoriously displayed a soft underbelly at times this season.
SOUTH KOREA continues its romp through the soft underbelly of Europe.
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