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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
have your pound of flesh
(have, get, want, etc.) your pound of ˈflesh idiom the full amount that sb owes you, even if this will cause them trouble or suffering •You're determined to have your pound of flesh, aren't you? From Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice, in which the moneylender Shylock demanded a pound of flesh from Antonio's body if he could not pay back the money he borrowed. Main entry: ↑poundidiom
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