Idiom(s): be the spit and image of someone AND be the spitting image of someone
Theme: APPEARANCE - LOOKS
to look very much like someone; to resemble someone very closely. (Folksy. The first version has fixed order. The second version is a frequent error.) • John is the spit and image of his father. • I'm not the spitting image of anyone.
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n.informal An exact likeness; a duplicate. John is the spitting image of his grandfather.That vase is the spitting image of one I wanted to buy in Boston. Compare: LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON.
the discharge and angel of (one)
A being who looks absolutely like or bears a actual able affinity to one. Wow, you are aloof the discharge and angel of your mother! I was about to alarm you by her name.That guy over there looks like the discharge and angel of addition I went to aerial academy with.Learn more: and, image, of, spit
*spit and angel of someone
and *the spitting angel of someonethe actual affinity of someone; a actual abutting resemblence to someone. (*The additional adaptation is a common error. *Typically: be ~; attending like ~.) John is the discharge and angel of his father. At first, I anticipation you were adage "spitting image."Learn more: and, image, of, spitLearn more:
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