Pound Of Flesh Definition
pounds of flesh
noun
A debt harshly insisted upon.
American Heritage
Due measure owed to one, esp. when demanded out of spite or vengeance.
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Pound Of Flesh
Noun
Singular:
pound of flesh
Plural:
pounds of fleshOrigin of Pound Of Flesh
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From Shakepeare's The Merchant of Venice, in which Antonio literally owes a pound of his flesh to the moneylender Shylock.
From Wiktionary
From Antonio's debt to Shylock in The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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