| 单词 | in the flesh |
| 释义 | in the flesh (once / 2059 pages) adj When someone is in the flesh, they're somewhere in-person. A face-to-face meeting happens in the flesh. Your flesh is your skin, and the word flesh is often used as shorthand for people's entire bodies. Along those lines, we say someone is in the flesh when they are physically present somewhere. If you went to the Grand Canyon, you were there in the flesh. If you go to a restaurant with someone, you saw them in the flesh. Talking on the phone or emailing are not examples of communicating in the flesh, which requires being present. WORD FAMILYin the flesh USAGE EXAMPLESIt was “Mozart in the Jungle” in the flesh. Los Angeles Times(Dec 11, 2016) He meets Prime Minister Abe in the flesh next week. BBC(Nov 16, 2016) But those cheers were dwarfed by the sound that emerged when the man himself appeared in the flesh. New York Times(Nov 12, 2016) adj an appearance carried out personally in someone else's physical presence a personal appearance is an appearance by a person in the flesh Syn in-person personal concerning or affecting a particular person or his or her private life and personality |
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