be the image of somebody/something

be the (very) image of (someone)

To look exactly like someone else. Wow, you are just the very image of your mother! I was about to call you by her name.
See also: image, of
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

be the image of somebody/something

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be the living/spitting/very image of somebody/something

be very similar to, or look exactly like somebody/something else: She’s the spitting image of her mother.
See also: image, of, somebody, something
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See also:
  • be the (very) image of (someone)
  • image
  • be the spit and image of (someone)
  • be the spitting image of (one)
  • be the spitten image of (one)
  • a thumbnail sketch
  • thumbnail
  • thumbnail sketch
  • superimpose
  • superimpose on