flesh 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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of flesh and blood¹

First recorded in 1200–50

Example Sentences

That even in 2014—the era of EDM and “selfie pop”—a small, live, flesh-and-blood band could still be (and have) so much fun.

From The Daily Beast

However, she soon discovers that Linda is a mentally unstable woman who believes a baby doll is a flesh-and-blood child.

From The Daily Beast

It's also a lot easier to find another job if you have flesh-and-blood friends in the industry.

From The Daily Beast

By excluding business income taxes, our picture is more narrowly focused on flesh-and-blood people.

From The Daily Beast

His challenge to use this week to cast the race as between two flesh-and-blood men, not the apparition of 2008.

From The Daily Beast

Meanwhile her flesh-and-blood child had to fight her battles with the landlord and tradesmen.

From Project Gutenberg

The sort of woman who has any amount of large and handsome flesh-and-blood children, and lives to have them, thrives on them.

From Project Gutenberg

Even when a child I used to hear so much about it that I thought it was a veritable flesh-and-blood wolf.

From Project Gutenberg

To his eyes, still working on flesh-and-blood standards, she was anything but good-looking.

From Project Gutenberg

A flesh-and-blood machine, trying to outmale men, frustrated and unhappy without knowing it and all the more bitter for that.

From Project Gutenberg