دیکشنری آنلاین تحلیلگران ( معنی فارسی pound of flesh )

pound of flesh

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English Dictionary

pound of flesh DISAPPROVING
something which you have the right to receive but which is unreasonable to demand from someone

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Idioms

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pound of flesh
(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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pound of flesh
n. phr., literary The maximum payment authorized by law.
He had hoped that Peter would be lenient regarding the interest they had agreed on, but Peter demanded his full pound of flesh.

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