spit and image
Perfect living copy
Spit and image describes an exact likeness, typically between a child and parent or other relative.
The phrase emphasizes uncanny resemblance in appearance, mannerisms, or both: She's the spit and image of her grandmother at that age.
The variant spitting image is more common in contemporary usage and carries identical meaning.
The spit likely derives from an old sense meaning "exact likeness," as if one person were literally spat out by another.
- twinOne of matched pair
- doubleTwice the amount
- faceHead's anterior surface
- lookalikeOne who closely resembles another
- dead ringerExact duplicate in appearance
look alike · clone · duplicate · doppelganger · two peas in a pod · family resemblance · child · apple of his eye · carbon copy · family · copy · match · mother · replica · hereditary traits · facsimile · nose · takes after
spit and imagepolar opposite
Complete contrary in nature
complete opposite · worlds apart · night and day · antithesis · different as chalk and cheese
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