flesh and blood
Adjective
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Adjective
flesh and blood (not comparable)
- Real; substantial.
- Consisting of flesh, blood, and other substances associated with animals or humans.
flesh and blood (uncountable)
- A human body; a person generally.
- 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, p. 24:
- ...I'll tell you what else is a fact. It's a fact that he is wearing his blue Shetland turtle-neck today. Even as we speak his body is moving inside it. Warm and quick. It's more than flesh and blood can stand.
- 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, p. 24:
- One's family.
- How dare you say such a thing to your own flesh and blood?
- Human nature.
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