Flesh or flesh means the muscle, and fat of a body, either human or animal--
He doesn't have much flesh; he's much too thin.
They eat no flesh, only eggs, cheese, vegetables and grains.
Flesh may also mean the outer part of a body; the skin and some of the tissue beneath--
The dog tore his flesh, but he seems all right.
Thye were quite excited to see their hero in the flesh, at a public appearance.
Flèche or flèche ( rhymes with flesh ) means a spire, or a dart or arrow--
There is a flèche topped by a cross on each end of the building.
He threw a flèche, and missed the target completely.
Now that you know that, you can say--
"He shot the flèche into the air, but it stuck in the flesh of a bystander."
Note--"fletch" means to equip an arrow with feathers--
He is looking for feathers to fletch his new arrows.
Note # 2--"fledge", of a bird, means to grow the feathers needed to fly--
This baby bird will fledge in another week or so, then we cna let him go.
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