in flesh

[sitifan]

"The woman is in flesh."
https://books.google.com.tw/books?id=1uvpmS-zLGIC&pg=PA335&dq="The+woman+is+in+flesh"&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjGwq6twKH5AhUTNKYKHe1JD2kQ6AF6BAgCEAI#v=onepage&q="The woman is in flesh"&f=false
Does the idiom "in flesh" mean "very fat"?

 

[Rover_KE]

No. In modern English, 'in flesh' has no meaning.

 

[Ostap]

The Oxford dictionary:

It must be an outdated meaning.

 

[tedmc]

The term is "in the flesh", which means "physically present".

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/in-the-flesh

There is also "in person" which has the same meaning.

 

[5jj]

The term is "in the flesh", which means "physically present".

That is a different expression. Unlike 'in flesh', it is still used.