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.
See also: flesh, meet

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Claudetteklo-DETFrench
Rolan-Russian
Theodoard-Ancient Germanic
Jen[dʒen]
Cecilija-Slovene, Croatian
TerellTER-əl, tə-RELEnglish