There actually is no such phrase. People using it are confusing the phrase "a pound of flesh" from the Shakespeare play The Merchant of Venice with the title of the 2008 Will Smith movie "Seven Pounds"
In the Shakespeare play the pound of flesh is the penalty for defaulting on a loan. You default on your mortgage and the bank gets your arm.
The Will Smith movie is not about defaulting on a loan, but about making up for your mistakes. In the film Smith's character must help seven people to make up for the seven people he accidentally killed.
Wrong play. The expression "pound of flesh" comes not from Macbeth but from The Merchant of Venice.
because he will do anything for his friend
The law of Venice was not good because they are not showing any mercy towards the culprit and so they permit Shylock to a pound of flesh from Antonio's body.And i think its quite merciless to take a pound of flesh.
Shylock is the name of the money lender
"A Pound of Flesh" is not the name of the play. It's called The Merchant of Venice. And this is all the description you get of her: In Belmont is a lady richly left; And she is fair, and, fairer than that word, Of wondrous virtues: sometimes from her eyes I did receive fair speechless messages: Her name is Portia It doesn't tell you much, does it?
Pound of Flesh - 2015 was released on: USA: 2015
There is no collective noun for flesh. However, I have heard 'a pound of flesh' and 'a mass of flesh'.
Pound of Flesh - 2010 is rated/received certificates of: Australia:MA (2010)
Wrong play. The expression "pound of flesh" comes not from Macbeth but from The Merchant of Venice.
The commonly used collective noun is a pound of flesh.
Frontline World - 2002 India A Pound of Flesh was released on: USA: 20 July 2006
The cast of A Pound of Flesh - 1993 includes: Sandi Carroll as Rose Adam Felber Mick Hilgers Ian Lithgow
Shakespeare's 'Merchant of Venice' IV.i
One pound of flesh.
Boots and Saddles - 1957 Pound of Flesh 1-15 was released on: USA: 2 January 1958
Eddie Dodd - 1991 Pound of Flesh 1-3 was released on: USA: 26 March 1991
The F-B-I- - 1965 Pound of Flesh 1-14 was released on: USA: 19 December 1965