I was going to say that meat tends to get used for what we eat while flesh doesn't. Or maybe...the flesh is impure and evil...keep those women at bay with a long stick... While meat is God's gift to man...And he commandeth "go forth and eat the animals!"
I use the term in the flesh for nakedness. I usually use meat for flesh I'm about to eat. Sorry, that's a bit ambiguous but I'll live with it.
So basically flesh describes tissues of living animals, while meat describes dead animal tissues meant for consumption ?
The reason for starting this thread was that I had the impression that the word "flesh" was reserved for humans.
Actually, I think you would use flesh more for live or dead'flesh' than you would use meat. To me, meat implies dead flesh but I'm certainly not beyond saying something like"That's a fine meaty arse she's got there!"
Of course. Edit, nice that you've picked up the correct spelling of arse. The first American to do so, bravo!