(your) pound of flesh

if someone demands their pound of flesh, they make someone give them something that they owe them, although they do not need it and it will cause problems for the other person.

His boss, demanding his pound of flesh, made him come into work even though his daughter was seriously ill.

• you haven't lived until something
• You have to be cruel to be kind.
• You have to hand it to
• You have to hand it to someone
• you know
• You live and learn.
• You'll catch death!
• You'll catch death of cold!
• you'll catch it
• You'll catch your death!
• You'll catch your death of cold!
• You'll never hear the end of it.
• You mark my words.
• you may as well
• you may as well do something
• You may well ask!
• you might as well
• you might as well do something
• You must be joking!
• you name it
• you never can tell
• young blood
• you owe it to to
• you owe it to to do something
• you owe it to yourself to