in the flesh en · ADP
Meanings
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Present in a physical body; in person.
[S]he [Edwina, mother of Tennessee Williams] was indeed Amanda [Wingfield, character in Williams' play The Glass Menagerie] in the flesh: a doughty chatterbox from Ohio who adopted the manner of a Southern belle and eschewed both drink and sex to the greatest extent possible.
2014 November 14, Blake Bailey, “'Tennessee Williams,' by John Lahr [print version: Theatrical victory of art over life, International New York Times, 18 November 2014, p. 13]”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 02 Apr 2023:
- (especially) incarnate (of God or a deity: having assumed an earthly body)
Synonyms
in person · IRL · face to face
Translations (27)
pl we własnej osobie (with one's own body and presence) · ru во плоти́ (with one's own body and presence) · fr en personne (with one's own body and presence) · es en persona (with one's own body and presence) · de fleischgeworden (incarnate) · nl persoonlijk (with one's own body and presence) · pt em carne e osso (with one's own body and presence) · pt em pessoa (with one's own body and presence) · fi ilmielävänä (with one's own body and presence) · sv i egen hög person (with one's own body and presence) · it in carne ed ossa (with one's own body and presence) · de aus Fleisch und Blut (with one's own body and presence) · nl in levenden lijve (with one's own body and presence) · de im Fleische (incarnate) · ca en persona (with one's own body and presence) · ru со́бственной персо́ной (with one's own body and presence) · cmn 親自 /亲自 (with one's own body and presence) · ko 스스로 (with one's own body and presence) · da i egen person (with one's own body and presence) · ru ли́чно (with one's own body and presence) · el με σάρκα και οστά (with one's own body and presence) · el αυτοπροσώπως (with one's own body and presence) · ja 直々に (with one's own body and presence) · fr en chair et en os (with one's own body and presence) · es en carne y hueso (with one's own body and presence) · de in echt (with one's own body and presence) · ca en car i òs (with one's own body and presence)