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pound of flesh n: figurative (repayment of debt) il dovuto, ciò che è dovuto nm : You've had your pound of flesh - now leave me in peace. Hai avuto il dovuto, ora lasciami in pace.
Someone demanding their pound of flesh is saying that they are determined to get what is theirs by right, no matter how it may affect anyone else and regardless of the consequences.
Literary analysis for the phrase A Pound of Flesh from Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice with meaning, origin, usage explained as well as the source text.
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pound of flesh - definizione, significato, pronuncia audio, sinonimi e più ancora. Che cosa è pound of flesh? 1. something that you have the right to receive but is unreasonable to demand from someone 2…: Vedi di più ancora nel dizionario Inglese - Cambridge Dictionary.
pound of flesh. A debt or punishment, especially a cruel or unreasonable one, that is harshly insisted upon. An allusion to Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, in which the moneylender Shylock demands he be paid the pound of flesh promised as collateral for a loan.
If 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.
