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
Gamila	-	Arabic (Egyptian)
Ghislaine	zheez-LEN, gee-LEN	French
Carr	[ka:]
Theofania	-	Greek
Gerfrid	-	Ancient Germanic
Eupraxia	-	Ancient Greek