spittin' image
Perfect living replica
Spittin' image means an exact likeness, usually of a person who strongly resembles a relative: She's the spittin' image of her grandmother.
The phrase likely derives from "spit and image," suggesting someone formed from another's spit—a perfect copy.
Also spelled spitting image.
- doppelgängerGhostly identical counterpart
- mirrorReflective viewing surface
- dead ringerExact duplicate in appearance
- offspringBiological descendants produced
- descendantPerson from earlier generations
duplicate · facsimile · replica · clone · lookalike · carbon copy · chip off the old block · takes after · heir · twin · peas in a pod · cut from the same cloth · mini-me · relative · progeny · kin · two of a kind · likeness
degree of resemblance
spittin' imagecomplete opposite
polar opposite · worlds apart · night and day · chalk and cheese · unrecognizable
spit, spitting, image, images, imagery, imagine, imaginary, imagination, imaginable