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flesh and blood

noun

offspring or relatives.
one's own flesh and blood.
the human body or nature.
more than flesh and blood can endure.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of flesh and blood¹

First recorded in 1200–50

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Idioms and Phrases

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]

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"We want to get her to a safe shore. I want to make sure she is safe and cured. She's my daughter, my own flesh and blood. And I'm so deeply worried about her."

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“To have had the opportunity to come back and to really play, discover, and put flesh and blood and sinew and heartbeat into this woman, to really fill her out,” O’Reilly says.

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"I was covered in glass and blood, my neck was cut," she says, adding: "I had lots of flesh and blood all over me."

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“We’re not warring with flesh and blood,” Wallnau told the crowd at the revival.

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First, the threats to the new evangelization are not of flesh and blood.

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flesh flesh color

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