POUND OF FLESH

Meaning of POUND OF FLESH in English

n. phr. , literary The maximum payment authorized by law. 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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POUND OF FLESH — Date: 1827 a payment or penalty exacted to fulfill a deal or punishment
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
POUND OF FLESH — phrasal : something which is justly due but which if given inflicts great injury on the giver the pound of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
POUND OF FLESH — a justified but disabling request
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
POUND OF FLESH — Date: 1827 : a payment or penalty exacted to fulfill a deal or punishment loan sharks taking their pound of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
POUND OF FLESH — 1827 : a payment or penalty exacted to fulfill a deal or punishment <loan sharks taking their pound of flesh …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
POUND OF FLESH — {n. phr.}, {literary} The maximum payment authorized by law. * /He had hoped that Peter would be lenient regarding the …
Slang English vocab
POUND OF FLESH — {n. phr.}, {literary} The maximum payment authorized by law. * /He had hoped that Peter would be lenient regarding the …
Словарь английских идиом
POUND OF FLESH — revenge, an eye for an eye For that insult, Simon will get revenge - his pound of flesh.
English Idioms vocab
POUND OF FLESH — revenge, vengeance For that insult, Simon will get revenge - his pound of flesh.
English Idioms vocabulary
POUND OF FLESH — точное количество, причитающееся по закону
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
POUND OF FLESH — точное количество, причитающееся по закону
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
POUND OF FLESH — точное количество, причитающееся по закону
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
POUND OF FLESH — точное количество
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POUND OF FLESH — точное количество
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
POUND OF FLESH — точное количество, причитающееся по закону
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
POUND OF FLESH — точное количество, причитающееся по закону
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
POUND OF FLESH — точное количество, причитающееся по закону
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
POUND OF FLESH — точное количество, причитающееся по закону
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POUND OF FLESH — точное количество, причитающееся по закону
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
POUND — Unit of weight in the avoirdupois system, the traditional European system of weight (incorporated into the British Imperial system and …
Английский словарь Британика
POUND — I. ˈpau̇nd noun ( plural pounds -n(d)z ; also pound ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FLESH — I. ˈflesh noun ( -es ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English flǣsc; akin to Old High …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
POUND — pound 1 — pounder , n. /pownd/ , v.t. 1. to strike repeatedly with great force, as with an instrument, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FLESH — — fleshless , adj. /flesh/ , n. 1. the soft substance of a human or other animal body, consisting of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FLESH — v. pierce flesh with a weapon; remove flesh from skin; excite to kill; inure to bloodshed; fatten
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
POUND — I. ˈpau̇nd noun ( plural pounds also pound ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English pund, from Latin pondo pound, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FLESH — I. ˈflesh noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English flǣsc; akin to Old High German fleisk flesh and perhaps to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
POUND — pl of pound. 2. pound ·noun a level stretch in a canal between locks. 3. pound ·vi to strike heavy …
Webster English vocab
FLESH — noun human nature. 2. flesh ·noun kindred; stock; race. 3. flesh ·noun the human eace; mankind; humanity. 4. flesh ·noun …
Webster English vocab
POUND — [pound] n, pl pounds also pound [ME, fr. OE pund, fr. L pondo pound, fr. abl. of pondus weight--more at …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FLESH — [flesh] n [ME, fr. OE flaesc; akin to OHG fleisk flesh and perh. to ON fla to flay--more at flay] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
POUND — unit of avoirdupois weight, equal to 16 ounces, 7,000 grains, or 0.4536 kilograms, and of troy and apothecaries' weight, equal …
Britannica English vocabulary
POUND — pound, Pound BrE AmE paʊnd ▷ pounded ˈpaʊnd ɪd -əd ▷ pounding/s ˈpaʊnd ɪŋ/z ▷ pounds, Pound's paʊndz ▶ ˈ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
FLESH — flesh BrE AmE fleʃ ▷ fleshed fleʃt ▷ fleshes ˈfleʃ ɪz -əz ▷ fleshing ˈfleʃ ɪŋ ▶ ˈ flesh wound …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
POUND — / paʊnd; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun MONEY 1. [ C ] (also technical ˌpound ˈsterling ) ( …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FLESH — / fleʃ; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ U ] the soft substance between the skin and …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
POUND — I. pound 1 S1 W2 /paʊnd/ BrE AmE noun [ Sense 1-2, 5-6: Language: Old English ; Origin: pund , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
POUND — n. 1 a unit of weight equal to 16 oz. avoirdupois (0.4536 kg), or 12 oz. troy (0.3732 kg). 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FLESH — n. & v. --n. 1 a the soft, esp. muscular, substance between the skin and bones of an animal or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
POUND — n. 1 a unit of weight equal to 16 oz. avoirdupois (0.4536 kg), or 12 oz. troy (0.3732 kg). 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FLESH — n. & v. n. 1 a the soft, esp. muscular, substance between the skin and bones of an animal or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
POUND — 1. n.1 a unit of weight equal to 16 oz. avoirdupois (0.4536 kg), or 12 oz. troy (0.3732 kg). 2 …
Oxford English vocab
FLESH — n. & v. --n. 1. a the soft, esp. muscular, substance between the skin and bones of an animal or …
Oxford English vocab
POUND — ( pounds, pounding, pounded) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. The pound …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FLESH — ( fleshes, fleshing, fleshed) 1. Flesh is the soft part of a person’s or animal’s body between the bones and …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FLESH — (~es, ~ing, ~ed) 1. Flesh is the soft part of a person’s or animal’s body between the bones and the …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
POUND — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a throbbing/pounding/blinding headache (= a very bad headache ) ▪ He had a throbbing …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FLESH — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a flesh wound (= one that does not injure bones or parts inside the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
POUND — (AMOUNT), abbreviation lb (plural lb or lbs) [noun] [C] - a unit for measuring weightOne pound is approximately equal to …
Cambridge English vocab
FLESH
Cambridge English vocab
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
FLESH
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
FLESH — See: IN PERSON also IN THE FLESH, NEITHER FISH NOR FOWL also NEITHER FISH, FLESH, NOR FOWL, PRESS THE FLESH, …
Slang English vocab
FLESH — noun 1 soft part of sb's body ADJECTIVE ▪ firm , smooth , soft , tender ▪ pale , pink …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
FLESH — n. 25B6; noun you need more flesh on your bones : MUSCLE, meat, tissue, brawn; informal beef. she carries too …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
POUND — v. 1 beat, batter, pelt, hammer, pummel; thump, belabour, thrash, bludgeon, cudgel, maul, strike, Colloq lambaste, Slang paste, clobber, work …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
FLESH — n. 1 meat; tissue, muscle We ate the flesh and threw away the fat, bones, and skin 2 body, corporeality, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
FLESH — See: IN PERSON also IN THE FLESH, NEITHER FISH NOR FOWL also NEITHER FISH, FLESH, NOR FOWL, PRESS THE FLESH, …
Словарь английских идиом
POUND — I сущ. 1) единица веса - фунт а) единица, использовавшаяся ранее для измерения веса золота, серебра и т.д.; =373,2 г …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FLESH
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
POUND — pound.ogg _I paʋnd n 1. фунт ( единица веса; англ. = 453,6 г ; ист. = 373,2 г ) apothecaries …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
FLESH — flesh.ogg 1. fleʃ n 1. 1> тело; мясо in flesh - в теле, полный ср. тж. to make /to gain, …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
POUND — pound I сущ.1) единица веса - фунт а) единица, использовавшаяся ранее для измерения веса золота, серебра и т.д.; - 373,2 …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger

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