flesh and blood
n.
► Human nature or physical existence, together with its weaknesses.
► A person's blood relatives; kin.
► Substance and depth in artistic portrayal; lifelikeness:
characters lacking in flesh and blood.

[TahlilGaran] American Dictionary ▲

flesh and blood
1.
human.
Many of the cartoon characters are more popular than their flesh and blood counterparts.

2.
if you say that someone is flesh and blood, you mean that they have feelings or faults that are natural because they are human.
I may be a priest, but I'm not immune to pretty women. I'm only flesh and blood, after all.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

flesh and blood
a close relative (father, daughter, brother etc.), a living human body
The man's own flesh and blood refused to help him when he needed money.

She is my flesh and blood so I felt terrible when she got into trouble.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

flesh and blood
n.
1. A close relative (as a father, daughter, brother); close relatives. Used in the phrase "one's own flesh and blood".
Such an answer from her
■ and she's my own flesh and blood, too!
2. The appearance of being real or alive.
The author doesn't give his characters any flesh and blood.
3. The human body.
Before child labor laws, small children often worked 50 or 60 hours a week in factories. It was more than flesh and blood could bear.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲