spitting image
Origin of spitting image
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How to use spitting image in a sentence
It didn’t hurt that Youngkin, clad in a fleece vest most of the campaign, was able to posit himself as the spitting image of a genial suburban dad.
How Virginia’s Electorate Shifted Toward Republicans | Alex Samuels (Alex.L.Samuels@disney.com) | November 5, 2021 | FiveThirtyEight“People have told me that I look like him, act like him, that my kids are the spitting image of him,” she said.
The First Modern School Shooter Feels Responsible for the Rest | Michael Daly | May 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHis son is 11 now, and he is the spitting image of his father.
Curse the Media in Newtown for Doing Too Little, Too Late on Guns | Michael Daly | December 20, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThen, all at once, I realized I was looking at the spitting image of myself.
The Scapegoat | Richard MaplesTiny, malformed, and bandy-legged, it was still the spitting image of him.
Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town | Cory Doctorow
British Dictionary definitions for spitting image
informal a person who bears a strong physical resemblance to another, esp to a relative: Also called: spit, spit and image
Origin of spitting image
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Other Idioms and Phrases with spitting image
A precise resemblance, especially in closely related persons. For example, Dirk is the spitting image of his grandfather. This idiom alludes to the earlier use of the noun spit for “likeness,” in turn probably derived from an old proverb, “as like as one as if he had been spit out of his mouth” (c. 1400). The current idiom dates from about 1900.
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