have/get/want/demand your pound of flesh

(不顧別人的損失和痛苦)討回應(yīng)得的東西，做出合法但極不合情理的要求

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

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盡管他的女兒病得很重，他的老板還是不講情理地要求他過來上班。

press the flesh

(尤指名人或政治人物)握手

The candidate went through the crowd, pressing the flesh.

那名候選人穿過人群，跟群眾握手。

the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak

心有余而力不足，力不從心

- Another set of tennis?

---再打一盤網(wǎng)球?

- The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.

--心有余而力不足啊。

go the way of all flesh

死亡，去世;損壞，壞掉

Our dog"s gone the way of all flesh and I"m not sure we"ll get another.

我們的狗死掉了，我不確定我們會不會再養(yǎng)一只。

I"m afraid our washing machine has gone the way of all flesh.

恐怕咱家的洗衣機壽命到頭了。

become one flesh

(結(jié)為)夫婦，(成為)一體

My longtime girlfriend and I finally got engaged, and we will become one flesh this summer.

我跟相戀多年的女友終于訂婚了，我們將在今年夏天結(jié)婚。

get goose flesh

(因寒冷、緊張、興奮、焦慮或恐懼而)起雞皮疙瘩

Their concert was so amazing! I got goose flesh when they played their first song!

他們的音樂會太棒了!他們演奏第一首歌的時候，聽得我雞皮疙瘩都起來了!

It"s so cold in here that I"m getting goose flesh.

這兒太冷了，凍得我直起雞皮疙瘩。