be the dead spit of (someone)
be the dead spit of (someone)
To look exactly like someone else. Primarily heard in UK. Wow, you are just the dead spit of your mother! I was about to call you by her name.
See also: dead, of, spit
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
be the spit (or the dead spit) of
look exactly like. informalThe full form of the phrase is be the spit and image of , perhaps coming from the idea of a person apparently being formed from the spit of another, so great is the similarity between them. This fuller form also lies behind the expression spitting image .
See also: of, spit
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
- be the spit of
- be the spit of (one)
- be the spit and image of (someone)
- the spit of (one)
- spit and image of
- the spit and image of (one)
- be the spitting image of (one)
- be the (very) image of (someone)
- be the image of somebody/something
- be the spitten image of (one)