be the spitten image of (one)
be the spitten image of (one)
old-fashioned To look exactly like or bear a very strong resemblance to one. Wow, you are just the spitten image of your mother! I was about to call you by her name. That guy over there is the spitten image of someone I went to high school with.
See also: image, of, spitten
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- fashion
- an old fogey/fogy
- (oh) me, oh my
- a stuffed shirt
- Do you know the Bishop of Norwich?
- (for) land('s) sake(s) (alive)
- (Well,) I'll be durned!
- a bit of crackling