get/take/demand etc your pound of flesh

SUFFERto get the full amount of work, money etc that someone owes you, even though it makes them suffer and you do not really need it. The phrase comes from Shylock, a character in the play The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare. He is a Jewish money-lender who lends money to Antonio. When Antonio is unable to pay the money back, Shylock says he has the right to cut a pound of flesh from Antonio’s body. 无情地要回所欠之物〔此短语源自莎士比亚的戏剧《威尼斯商人》中放高利贷的犹太商人夏洛克一角〕

Examples from the Corpus

get/take/demand etc your pound of flesh• The Government gets its pound of flesh, doesn't it.

→ get/take/demand etc your pound of flesh at pound1(1)

词汇	get/take/demand etc your pound of flesh
释义	get/take/demand etc your pound of flesh get/take/demand etc your pound of flesh SUFFERto get the full amount of work, money etc that someone owes you, even though it makes them suffer and you do not really need it. The phrase comes from Shylock, a character in the play The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare. He is a Jewish money-lender who lends money to Antonio. When Antonio is unable to pay the money back, Shylock says he has the right to cut a pound of flesh from Antonio’s body. 无情地要回所欠之物〔此短语源自莎士比亚的戏剧《威尼斯商人》中放高利贷的犹太商人夏洛克一角〕 Examples from the Corpus get/take/demand etc your pound of flesh• The Government gets its pound of flesh, doesn't it. → get/take/demand etc your pound of flesh at pound1(1)
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