flesh and blood
A human body; a person generallyA human body; a person generally.
» I'm only flesh and blood, like everybody else.
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4 senses(uncountable)A human body; a person generally.
(uncountable)One's family, or member of one's family.
How dare you say such a thing to your own flesh and blood?
Fleisch und Blut
(uncountable)Human nature.
(Ireland, UK, obsolete, slang, uncountable)A mixture of brandy and port in equal quantities.
Examples
20 sentencesI'm only flesh and blood, like everybody else.
How can you treat your own flesh and blood that way?
You're my flesh and blood.
ruТы моя плоть и кровь. — marafon
I have to help Tom. He's my own flesh and blood.
I couldn't tell Tom to leave. He's my own flesh and blood.
Translations
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Synonyms
1 synonymsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.