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flesh and blood
Flesh and blood is an expression used to refer to someone in your family, especially someone who is related by blood rather than through marriage.
(noun)An example of flesh and blood is a son to a mother.
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See flesh and blood in Webster's New World College Dictionary
the human body, esp. as subject to its natural limitations
adjective
- alive; living
- real; actual; true
- actually present; in person
See flesh and blood in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- Human nature or physical existence, together with its weaknesses.
- A person's blood relatives; kin.
- Substance and depth in artistic portrayal; lifelikeness: characters lacking in flesh and blood.
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