flesh and bone
Mortal human form
Flesh and bone refers to the physical human body, emphasizing its material reality and vulnerability.
The phrase often contrasts bodily existence with abstract or spiritual dimensions: She's flesh and bone like the rest of us.
It can stress human limitations or mortality, or simply assert that someone is real and present rather than imaginary or distant.
Study of organism structure
- muscleContractile body tissue
- tissueDisposable soft paper
- sinewTough connective tissue
- skinBody's outer layer
blood · marrow · nerves · ligaments · cartilage · skeleton · body · mortal
anatomy
Study of organism structure
skin · blood · marrow · nerves · ligaments · cartilage · skeleton · body · mortal · visceral
human
Homo sapiens individual
- fragileEasily broken or damaged
- vulnerableOpen to attack
- perishableProne to decay
finite · temporal · breakable · wounded · aging · decay · injury · pain · weakness · death
tangible
Perceptible by touch
authentic · present · substantial · material · palpable · solid · real · physical · embodied · incarnate
flesh and boneimperishable
Lasting forever, indestructible
everlasting · immortal · eternal · eternal soul · divine
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