to be the very or the spitting image of sb

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• be the spitting image of someone — be the spitting image of (someone) to look very much the same as someone else. He s the spitting image of his father …   New idioms dictionary

• be the spitting image of — (someone) to look very much the same as someone else. He s the spitting image of his father …   New idioms dictionary

• Spitting Image — Infobox television show name = Spitting Image caption = Spitting Image album cover for Da Do Run Ron satirical parody of Ronald Reagan format = Puppet show voices= Chris Barrie Harry Enfield Jon Glover Louise Gold Steve Nallon Kate Robbins John… …   Wikipedia

• spitting image — noun a perfect likeness or counterpart • Hypernyms: ↑likeness, ↑alikeness, ↑similitude * * * noun, pl ⋯ ages [count] : someone who looks very much like someone else usually singular She is the spitting image of her mother. * * * ˌspitting ˈimage… …   Useful english dictionary

• spitting image — /ˌspɪtɪŋ ˈɪmɪdʒ / (say .spiting imij) noun Colloquial someone or something that is an exact likeness of another person or thing: she is the spitting image of her sister. Also, spit and image, dead spit. {? from the very spit of where spit is a… …  

• spitting image — meaning ‘an exact double’, is an established phrase, although it is in origin a misunderstanding of spit and image (spit and picture also occurred), which was itself an extension of the early 19c phrase the (very) spit of. A transitional form… …   Modern English usage

• spitting image — Synonyms and related words: Doppelganger, actual thing, carbon copy, companion, copy, dead ringer, ditto, double, duplicate, effigy, equivalent, exact counterpart, exact likeness, facsimile, fellow, homograph, homonym, homophone, icon, idem,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• spitting image — Informal. See spit1 (def. 13). [1925 30; from the phrase spit and image (see SPIT1) by confusion of spit and with spittin ; cf. earlier the very spit of the exact likeness of] * * * …   Universalium

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• image — im|age W1S3 [ˈımıdʒ] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(public opinion)¦ 2¦(idea in mind)¦ 3¦(picture/what you see)¦ 4¦(description)¦ 5 be the (very/living/spitting) image of somebody 6 in the image of somebody/something ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1100 1200; : Old French; Origin …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• The Secret Policeman's Balls — This article is about the entire series of Secret Policeman s Ball benefit shows for Amnesty International (1976 2008) : For the original 1979 show that gave the series its name see: The Secret Policeman s Ball : For the 2006 benefit show see:… …   Wikipedia