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
Tarah	TAHR-ə, TER-ə, TAR-ə	English (Modern)
Bala	-	Hinduism, Tamil
Raffaello	-	Italian
Orvar	-	Swedish, Norse Mythology
Ingvild	-	Norwegian
Ofydd	-	Welsh