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pound of flesh
pound of flesh {n. phr.}, {literary}
Наибольшая сумма платежа, разрешенного законодательством.
He had hoped that Peter would be lenient regarding the interest they had agreed on, but Peter demanded his full pound of flesh.
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Источник: A Dictionary of American Idioms
