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A chain​ is only as strong as its weakest link expand the idea

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A Chain is As Strong As The Weakest Link Meaning

Definition: A group or organization is only as strong as the weakest or least powerful person.

This idiom is used to express that a group can only be as successful as its least successful or powerful person. The success of the entire group depends on the success of each individual member of the group. If one person fails, the whole group fails.


Origin of A Chain is As Strong As Its Weakest Link

There is little information about the first recorded use of this idiom. It may have originated from an ancient Basque proverb with a similar meaning that translates to, “a thread usually breaks from where it is thinnest.”

A variation of the idiom first appeared in Thomas Reid’s “Essays on the Intellectual Powers of Man,” published in 1786. The full idiom “a chain is no stronger than its weakest link” was first printed in Cornhill Magazine in 1868.

The idiom itself can be expressed in a number of different ways,

A Chain is As Strong As The Weakest Link
A Chain is No Stronger Than Its Weakest Link
A Chain is As Strong As Its Weakest Link
You’re Only As Strong As Your Weakest Link
All of these examples communicate the same idea.