Multiple choice general knowledge math & puzzles

Pound of Flesh

  1. Take a bribe - In those days meat was used as barter

  2. Something which is owed that is ruthlessly required to be paid back

  3. This was the tax to be paid to the king for trading in meat

  4. Indicating trading of slaves with flesh used as a metaphor
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The phrase originates from Shakespeare's 'The Merchant of Venice'. It refers to a debt or agreement that is legally valid but unreasonable or cruel to demand. The distractors provide literal or incorrect historical interpretations that are not the idiomatic meaning.

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