FLESH AND BLOOD Definition & Meaning

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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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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of flesh and blood¹

First recorded in 1200–50

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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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Can he deny his flesh and blood longings and his yearning for relief from an enduring sorrow?

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She says it so poetically, and I love it so much: “There are two Elizabeth Taylors. One is a commodity, and one is the real Elizabeth Taylor who doesn’t care about the commodity. One is flesh and blood, and one is cellophane.”

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"There are two Elizabeth Taylors . . . One is flesh and blood, and one is cellophane."

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