pound of flesh

1.
USUKGloballiteraryformalidiomatic
- A demand for strict repayment or retribution, made regardless of the cost or harm inflicted on the debtor.
- An insistence on receiving what is due, even if the insistence is cruel, excessive, or vindictive.
2.
Generalneutral
- A literal quantity of flesh or meat weighing one pound.

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