pound of flesh

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Something which is owed and which will be hurtful or difficult to provide; a debt owed to someone who is merciless and demanding. idiomatic
    — You must be under the impression that I'm one of these damned New England sharks that get their pound of flesh off the widow and orphan.

词形变化

pounds of flesh plural

词源

From Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, in which Antonio literally owes a pound of his flesh to the moneylender Shylock.
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