Meanings
- figurativelynot comparableReal; substantial.
1 more example
[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 little to do with flesh-and-blood Jews at all.
2019 July 17, Talia Lavin, “When Non-Jews Wield Anti-Semitism as Political Shield”, in GQSynonyms: flesh and bone
- uncountableA 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 - uncountableOne's family, or member of one's family.
How dare you say such a thing to your own flesh and blood?
- uncountableHuman nature.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveReal; substantial.
Translations
Afrikaans vlees en bloed
- vlees en bloedone's family
Chinese Mandarin 親人 /亲人, 親骨肉 /亲骨肉
- 親人 /亲人 (qīnrén)one's family
- 親骨肉 /亲骨肉 (qīngǔròu)one's family
German Fleisch und Blut
- Fleisch und Blutone's family
Tagalog dugo't laman
- dugo't lamanone's family
Cite this entry
flesh and blood. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flesh%20and%20blood
“flesh and blood.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flesh%20and%20blood. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “flesh and blood,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flesh%20and%20blood.
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