flesh and blood

American  

noun

1. offspring or relatives.

   one's own flesh and blood.

2. the human body or nature.

   more than flesh and blood can endure.

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flesh and blood Idioms  

1. 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]

2. 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]

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Etymology

Origin of flesh and blood

First recorded in 1200–50

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Example Sentences

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flesh and blood

But he was also a man, flesh and blood.

From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026

A machine may be allocated a wide range of quotidian writing tasks, but let flesh and blood hold fast the art of writing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

Does consciousness require flesh and blood to exist?

From Science Daily ● Jun. 24, 2026

Often, it's the first time a medical student works with real flesh and blood - an experience that can't be replicated from a textbook.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2025

Dane, fully flesh and blood, but one hundred percent of nothing.

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson

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