| 单词 | pound of flesh |
| 释义 | pound of fleshphrase [usu poss PHR] See full dictionary entry for poundIf you say that someone demands their pound of flesh, you mean that they insist on getting something they are entitled to, even though it may cause distress to the person it is demanded from. [disapproval] Banks are quick to demand their pound of flesh when overdrafts run a little overthe limit. pound of flesh in British Englishnoun something that is one's legal right but is an unreasonable demand (esp in the phrase to have one's pound of flesh) Word origin from Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice (1596), Act IV, scene iExamples of 'pound of flesh' in a sentence |
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