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
Drest	-	Ancient Celtic
Michel	mee-SHEL (French), MI-khel (German)	French, German, Dutch
Tapio	TAH-pee-o (Finnish)	Finnish, Finnish Mythology
Sandra	['sændrə]
Babatunde	-	Western African, Yoruba
Wilhelmina	[.wilə'mi:nə]