piece of flesh

collocation in English

meaningsofpieceandflesh

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piece
noun[C]
uk
/piːs/us
/piːs/
a part ...
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flesh
noun
uk
/fleʃ/us
/fleʃ/
the soft part of the body of a person or animal that is between the skin and the bones, or the soft inside part of a fruit ...
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(Definition ofpieceandfleshfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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When a smallpieceoffleshis chewed, it tastes bitter to acrid.
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He gave apieceoffleshto stray dogs outside his apartment.
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The animals do not fight, and each retires with apieceoffleshand awaits its next feeding turn.
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It turned out that his friend had cut apieceoffleshfrom his own thigh to make the soup.
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The nose came off worst, and apieceoffleshwas removed from the inside of his thigh.
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The son cuts apieceoffleshfrom a fish he has caught to use for bait, throwing the injured fish back into the sea.
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One of the members takes apieceoffleshfrom the other member, eats it and gives another piece to its owner, who eagerly eats it.
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While dancing around him, they would dart in, slice off apieceoffleshand roast it in front of the victim in a prepared campfire.
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It was believed that the transplantedpieceoffleshkept a close sympathy with the original limb so that its owner was still aware of any injury done to it.
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