a weakness for

I have such a weakness for houses with towers on the roof. I would buy one even if it were not in good conditions.

"As much as he is human and has a weakness for women, I simply cannot imagine that he would do something so stupid, " says an ex-colleague.

While Haier no longer needs the financial strength of a partner, management issues remain a weakness for Chinese groups.

He's old as the hills, is obviously overweight and has a weakness for sweets, especially this time of year.

She admits to having a weakness for one food that isn't so healthful: 'I cannot say no to chocolate, ' she says.

I suspect she would have retained a weakness for men in uniform, and a yen for dashing Muslim men.

But I also have a weakness for the less common mental disorders that I think tell us something really interesting about mental life.

This simple difference is both a strength and a weakness for threads.

Ms Rousseff is hardly charismatic, and has a weakness for offering half-hour answers to one-line questions.

In fact, communist regimes of all stripes have long had a weakness for grandiose engineering projects.

Car's poor old grandmother had a weakness for the sweet stuff.

That strength can be a "weakness" for women.

Mr Cable has always had a weakness for crowd-pleasing phrases.

His only known eccentricity is a weakness for writing verse.

RHETT: Why? Maybe it's because I've always had a weakness for lost causes, once they're really lost.

LIKE children the world over, five-year-old Ramiz has a weakness for flickering screens.

A number of Latin American preachers have a weakness for silk suits and fancy houses.

have a weakness for strokes, which kill 160, 000 of us each year and deprive thousands of speech and mobility.

He has a weakness for detective stories.

Bill has a weakness for fine wine.

The fat man confessed his fault, which was a weakness for candy.

He has a weakness for murder stories.

Girls have a weakness for chocolate .

Great idea ! I know he has a weakness for sweets.

She has a weakness for crockery.

He has a weakness for smoking B.

He has a weakness for money.

I know he has a weakness for sweets.

I have a weakness for flowers and often boiled tea under them.

Like many of my generation. I have a weakness for hero worship.

I have a weakness for chocolate and cream cake.

Bill: Really? I have a weakness for coffee.

I have a weakness for British covers.

Oh! You have a weakness for sweets, too!

I have a weakness for earrings.

However, Hong Kong's top hero has a weakness for such adversaries.

I have a weakness for the grand dame who is ageing gracefully.

confess to a weakness for smoking

a special desire or fondness (has a weakness for sweets) b : an object of special desire or fondness (pizza is my weakness)