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A debt or punishment, abnormally a atrocious or absurd one, that is agonizingly insisted upon. An allusion to Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, in which the moneylender Shylock demands he be paid the batter of beef promised as accessory for a loan. The victim of the incident, while alone comestible apparent injuries, is ambitious his batter of beef from the bistro buyer afterward the cloister ruling. Be actual accurate about demography out loans that you can't accord appropriate away, or you will accept collectors advancing afterwards you for a batter of flesh.Learn more: flesh, of, pound*pound of flesh
Fig. a acquittal or abuse that involves adversity and cede on the allotment of the actuality being punished. (*Typically: accord addition ~; owe addition ~; pay addition ~; booty ~.) He wants revenge. He won't be annoyed until he takes his batter of flesh.Learn more: flesh, of, poundpound of flesh
A debt whose acquittal is agonizingly insisted on, as in The added associates of the bunch all appetite their batter of beef from Brazil. This announcement alludes to the arena in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice (4:1) area the moneylender Shylock demands the batter of beef promised him in acquittal for a loan, and Portia responds that he may accept it but after an ounce of claret (since claret was not promised). [c. 1600] Learn more: flesh, of, poundpound of flesh, a
One’s exact dues; the absolute bulk owed, no amount what. The appellation comes from the acclaimed balloon arena of Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice (4.1), in which the moneylender Shylock demands that the batter of beef that was promised him in acquittal for lending Antonio money be handed over. He is, of course, aghast by Portia, who says he may accept his batter of beef but it may not accommodate an ounce of claret (since no claret is due him). Ever since, this announcement has been acclimated as a allegory for burdensome payment, usually in a antagonistic way.Learn more: of, pound
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