Meaning of flesh and blood | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A human body; a person generally.
   uncountable
2. One's family, or member of one's family.
   uncountable
3. Human nature.
   uncountable
4. A mixture of brandy and port in equal quantities.
   Ireland, UK, obsolete, slang, uncountable

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Examples

“[…] 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.”

“How dare you say such a thing to your own flesh and blood?”

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