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flesh and blood

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flesh and blood
n.
1. Human nature or physical existence, together with its weaknesses.
2. A person's blood relatives; kin.
3. Substance and depth in artistic portrayal; lifelikeness: characters lacking in flesh and blood.


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Well, give me my flesh and blood lover, and I'll leave all the Sir Herberts and Valentines to you - if you can find them.
Creakle as he said this - 'when it rises against me, is not my flesh and blood.
To which Joe returned no answer, but with a very ominous shake of the head, resumed his old position, which he would have peacefully preserved until the house shut up at night, but that Mr Cobb, stimulated by the wonder of the company at the young man's presumption, retorted with sundry taunts, which proved too much for flesh and blood to bear.
 
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