meet in the flesh

meet/see somebody in the flesh

to meet or see someone yourself, instead of watching them in a film or on television, etc. I knew his face so well from the photographs that it felt a bit strange when I finally saw him in the flesh.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Benediktas	-	Lithuanian
Snezhana	-	Russian, Bulgarian, Macedonian
Yoshiro	yo-shee-ṙo:	Japanese
Zona	-	Various
Hinds	[haindz]
Ernesta	-	Italian, Lithuanian