Wiktionary
n. (context idiomatic English) Something which is owed and which will be hurtful or difficult to provide; a debt owed to someone who is merciless and demanding.
Wikipedia
Pound of Flesh may refer to
- Pound of Flesh (film), an upcoming film
- "Pound of Flesh", an episode of the 2009 TV series V
Pound of Flesh is a 2015 Canadian action thriller film directed by Ernie Barbarash, and starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and Darren Shahlavi. It is the third collaboration between Van Damme and Barbarash (following Assassination Games in 2011 and Six Bullets in 2012).
Usage examples of "pound of flesh".
Omally would be wanting his pound of flesh, better get it over with in one go.
Camparelli got a pound of flesh, Jake thought glumly, even though he didn't know it.
If a father didnt take a pound of flesh from his son someone else might take more later.
But there is a price to be paid for folly, and I'll gladly extract a pound of flesh on Mr.
That was worth a little blood, and maybe even a pound of flesh, if I didn't have to lose it all at once.
That was worth a little blood, and maybe even a pound of flesh, if I didnt have to lose it all at once.
That was worth a little blood, and maybe even a pound of flesh, if I didn’.
The missing hours felt as though they had been carved from her body like Shylock's pound of flesh.
The establishment made sure they got every ounce of their pound of flesh.
Each nightmare you couldn't remember was another pound of flesh on Dendar's bones.