a pound of flesh
成語所屬單字flesh
a pound of flesh — 慣用語
1. an amount of money or something else that a person is owed, especially when dema
1.慣用語
釋義
應得的東西（尤指強硬索討的）
an amount of money or something else that a person is owed, especially when demanding it creates hardship or seems cruel.
例句
The landlord demanded his pound of flesh, forcing the family to pay every last cent of the rent.