this proverb means what it states, literally
it refers to personal or technical failure in a team due to one component rather than an actual chain
No matter how confident the cheer-leading group is in carrying out the human pyramid gig, the team is only as strong as its weakest link.
The people who live in that house together are united but they are only as strong as their weakest link that is the youngest son. He will not be able to uphold the strong values that the others so smoothly take care of.
There is no origin for this idiom
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