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flesh and blood

flesh and blood adjective: consisting of flesh, blood, and other substances associated with animals or humans.

Adjective

flesh and blood (not comparable)

  1. Consisting of flesh, blood, and other substances associated with animals or humans.
  2. (figuratively) Real; substantial.
    • [Minnesota Senator Steve] Daines isn’t the only example of right-wing politicians who wish to wield anti-Semitism as a convenient cudgel against their political enemies, with scant if any evidence. But Montana’s vanishingly small Jewish population makes it particularly clear that this strategy has...2019 July 17, Talia Lavin, “When Non-Jews Wield Anti-Semitism as Political Shield”, in GQ
    Synonyms:
    flesh and bone

Noun

flesh and blood (uncountable)

  1. A human body; a person generally.
    • […] 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 September, Stephen Fry, chapter 1, in The Liar, London: Heinemann, →ISBN, section I, page 17
  2. One's family, or member of one's family.
    • How dare you say such a thing to your own flesh and blood?
  3. Human nature.
  4. (Ireland, UK, obsolete, slang) A mixture of brandy and port in equal quantities.

flesh and blood meaning in Tagalog

flesh and blood in Tagalog

one's family
dugo't laman

Synonyms of flesh and blood

Questions about flesh and blood

What does flesh and blood mean?
Flesh and blood means consisting of flesh, blood, and other substances associated with animals or humans.
What is flesh and blood in Tagalog?
Flesh and blood in Tagalog is dugo't laman. See Flesh and blood meaning in Tagalog.
What part of speech is flesh and blood?
Flesh and blood can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near flesh and blood in the dictionary

  1. fleroxacin
  2. FLES
  3. Flesch
  4. Flesches
  5. flesh
  6. flesh and blood
  7. flesh and bone
  8. flesh and bones
  9. flesh broth
  10. flesh broths
  11. flesh brush

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