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exchange flesh	To engage in sexual intercourse.	Rate it: (5.00 / 2 votes)
flesh out	To complete; to create details from a basic outline, structure or skeleton.	Rate it: (4.00 / 1 vote)
neither fish, flesh, nor good red herring	Unsuitable for anyone or anything; unfit for any purpose.	Rate it: (3.50 / 2 votes)
become one flesh	To join together in marriage; to develop a unifying bond as a result of marrying.	Rate it: (3.00 / 2 votes)
more than flesh can stand	More than human nature can endure.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
neither fish nor flesh	Alternative form of neither fish, flesh, nor good red herring	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
neither fish, flesh, nor fowl	Alternative form of neither fish, flesh, nor good red herring	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
one flesh	Two people united by marriage.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pound of flesh	Something which is owed and which will be hurtful or difficult to provide; a debt owed to someone who is merciless and demanding.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
press the flesh	To shake hands and socialize, especially in a political gathering.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak	(proverbs) For much as one wishes to achieve something, the frailties of the human body often make it impossible.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
thorn in the flesh	Ivar Specto. The Soviet Union and the Muslim World, 1917-1958.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
thorn in the flesh	A persistent difficulty or something very annoying that will not go away.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
cela fait venir la chair de poule	That makes one’s flesh creep.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
chassez le naturel, il revient au galop	What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
en chair et en os	in the flesh	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
flush out	To flesh out.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
je l'ai vu en chair et en os	I saw him in flesh and blood.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
la caque sent toujours le hareng	What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
long pork	Human flesh.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
longpig	Human flesh when cooked in cannabalistic rituals in certain Pacific Islands, due to the allegeded similarity to cooked pork.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
meat on one's bones	An amount of flesh on one's body that stops one from being very skinny.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
muffin top	The roll of flesh that bulges over the top of excessively tight trousers.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
ni chair ni poisson	Neither fish, flesh, nor fowl.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
remplumer	To put flesh on the bones	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
tomato juice	A food obtained from the unfermented liquid extracted from mature tomatoes of the red or reddish varieties of Lycopersicum esculentum P. Mill, strained free from peel, seeds, and other coarse or hard substances, containing finely divided insoluble solids from the flesh of the tomato.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
tomato juice	Juice made from tomatoes. In modern use, this usually refers to the comminuted flesh and juice of cooked tomatoes, prepared commercially.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)