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
Nikolas	-	Greek, English
Gervasio	jer-VAH-zyo (Italian), her-BAH-syo (Spanish)	Italian, Spanish
Reuel	ROO-əl (English)	Biblical
Chiarina	kee-ah-REE-nah	Italian
Vitali	vee-TAH-lee (Russian)	Russian, Ukrainian
Yorick	YAWR-ik (English), YAW-rik (Dutch), YO-rik (Dutch)	Literature, English, Dutch