in the flesh
Speech parts
1. in the flesh - Phrase
2. in the flesh - Adjective Satellite
Meaning
an appearance carried out personally in someone else's physical presence
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Antonyms
Examples
he carried out the negotiations in person
a personal appearance is an appearance by a person in the flesh
Albert proposes that they marry "in the spirit as well as in the flesh," but Celie declines.
As holy spirit the Son dwells in the flesh; this human nature is God's adopted son" in, Patrick W. Carey, Joseph T. Lienhard (editors), Biographical Dictionary of Christian Theologians, page 241 (Greenwood Press, 2008).
Cambridge: Macmillan. pp. 211-212 Alternatively, some commentators have postulated that Paul's thorn in the flesh was poor eyesight, which caused him to write in characteristically large letters.
But Gunners fans may never see Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang represent their club in the flesh again with Luka Jovic being lined up as a possible replacement.