flesh and blood
Use Flesh and blood in a sentenceflesh and blood
noun
1.
offspring or relatives: one's own flesh and blood.
2.
the human body or nature: more than flesh and blood can endure.
Origin:
1200–50; Middle English
1200–50; Middle English
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Idioms & Phrases
flesh and blood
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Human beings, especially with respect to their failings or weaknesses. For example, I can't do everything
I'm only flesh and blood. [c. 1600] -
one's own flesh and blood. One's blood relatives, kin, as in She can't cut her own flesh and blood out of her will. [c. 1300]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Flesh and blood
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
Example sentences
Given that he paints his own flesh and blood with such stark realism, the biographical airbrushing jars.
It's closer to an actual social interaction with a flesh and blood human being.
The lovers he represents are not made of flesh and blood, but of nerves and tears.
Political enemies come to be seen as representatives of ideas rather than as flesh and blood.
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