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Definition of spitting image in English: spitting imagenoun informal The exact double of (another person or thing) 〈非正式〉一模一样的人（或物） she's the spitting image of her mum 她和她母亲长得一模一样。 Example sentencesExamples - Later in the day on a tram I saw a woman (with a baby) who was the spitting image of a girl I had a crush on in high school.
- We have two beautiful boys that are his spitting image.
- They were long dead, I knew that, and I was long grown up, but I was my mother's son and the spitting image of my father.
- As she thanked her way past me, I saw her two tiny babies, and knew in that second that they were spitting images of their father, and definitely boys.
- Today Lewis runs around the house firing a toy gun while Emily - the spitting image of her mother at the same age - sits on her father's lap sucking on an ice lolly.
- Oh, I saw a woman who looked like the spitting image of you at the Royal Free today!
- I was a spitting image of mum and he couldn't stand to see me there, her exact replica, and not have her there herself.
- The next night I was on the way home from work when I walked past a girl who was the spitting image of a girl I had had a slight crush on at University, and once more my head went on a trip down memory lane.
- Indeed, the guy on the wall is the spitting image of Marchizu.
- He was the spitting image of a young Robert De Niro in The Godfather: Part II, and seemingly just as volatile and unpredictable.
- Not only was the name an exact match-up, he also was the spitting image of the man in the courtroom sketch that had been provided in the book.
- And my Palestinian friend is always telling me that I am the spitting image of his sister from Gaza.
- Jake is the spitting image of his long-lost twin brother, who was killed on a recent mission.
- As the mother of sons, I am thinking that this is one lucky old lady to be walked to her doctor's office by two daughters, spitting images of herself, from the top of the head right down to the fussy shoes.
- Other than that, she was the spitting image of Mamacita.
- An attendant (who's the spitting image of Joh Bjelke-Petersen) holds you while you plant a quick one on the venerable stone.
- She floats silently round the apartment in her crisp black shirt and impeccably creased black trousers, looking a little stern when she's serious but the spitting image of her old girlish self when she smiles.
- Had the four of them stood in a line, correctly ordered, they'd have been the spitting image of the first half of Darwin's ‘Theory of Evolution’ picture.
- ‘And your grandfather was the spitting image of Renoir,’ said HMB.
- I was out the other day and there was a boy who looked the spitting image of James.
Synonyms exact likeness, living image, mirror image, very image, double, twin, lookalike, replica, clone, duplicate, copy
OriginLate 19th century: originally as the spit of or the spit and image of; perhaps from the idea of a person apparently being formed from the spit of another, so great is the similarity between them. Definition of spitting image in US English: spitting imagenounspɪdɪŋ ˈɪmɪdʒ the spitting image ofinformal The exact double of (another person or thing) 〈非正式〉一模一样的人（或物） she's the spitting image of her mother 她和她母亲长得一模一样。 Example sentencesExamples - As the mother of sons, I am thinking that this is one lucky old lady to be walked to her doctor's office by two daughters, spitting images of herself, from the top of the head right down to the fussy shoes.
- She floats silently round the apartment in her crisp black shirt and impeccably creased black trousers, looking a little stern when she's serious but the spitting image of her old girlish self when she smiles.
- An attendant (who's the spitting image of Joh Bjelke-Petersen) holds you while you plant a quick one on the venerable stone.
- Oh, I saw a woman who looked like the spitting image of you at the Royal Free today!
- Indeed, the guy on the wall is the spitting image of Marchizu.
- He was the spitting image of a young Robert De Niro in The Godfather: Part II, and seemingly just as volatile and unpredictable.
- ‘And your grandfather was the spitting image of Renoir,’ said HMB.
- I was out the other day and there was a boy who looked the spitting image of James.
- Other than that, she was the spitting image of Mamacita.
- Later in the day on a tram I saw a woman (with a baby) who was the spitting image of a girl I had a crush on in high school.
- And my Palestinian friend is always telling me that I am the spitting image of his sister from Gaza.
- Had the four of them stood in a line, correctly ordered, they'd have been the spitting image of the first half of Darwin's ‘Theory of Evolution’ picture.
- Jake is the spitting image of his long-lost twin brother, who was killed on a recent mission.
- I was a spitting image of mum and he couldn't stand to see me there, her exact replica, and not have her there herself.
- Today Lewis runs around the house firing a toy gun while Emily - the spitting image of her mother at the same age - sits on her father's lap sucking on an ice lolly.
- The next night I was on the way home from work when I walked past a girl who was the spitting image of a girl I had had a slight crush on at University, and once more my head went on a trip down memory lane.
- We have two beautiful boys that are his spitting image.
- As she thanked her way past me, I saw her two tiny babies, and knew in that second that they were spitting images of their father, and definitely boys.
- They were long dead, I knew that, and I was long grown up, but I was my mother's son and the spitting image of my father.
- Not only was the name an exact match-up, he also was the spitting image of the man in the courtroom sketch that had been provided in the book.
Synonyms exact likeness, living image, mirror image, very image, double, twin, lookalike, replica, clone, duplicate, copy
OriginLate 19th century originally as the spit of or the spit and image of; perhaps from the idea of a person apparently being formed from the spit of another, so great is the similarity between them. |