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pound of flesh |
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your pound of flesh if someone demands their pound of flesh, they make someone give them something that they owe them, although they do not need it and it will cause problems for the other person. His boss, demanding his pound of flesh, made him come into work even though his daughter was seriously ill. |
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He wants Antonio's life, and well he knows if a pound of flesh be cut from this poor merchant's breast he must die. I'll admit that if Monty were to present himself in London to-morrow and demand his full pound of flesh we should be ruined, but he isn't going to do it. I have seen him exact his pound of flesh, even at the cost of ruin, from a boy. |
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