词组 | is the spit of |
释义 | (redirected from is the spit of)be the spit of (someone)To look exactly like or bear a very strong resemblance to one. Primarily heard in Ireland. Wow, you are just the spit of your mother! I was about to call you by her name. That guy over there is the spit of someone I went to secondary school with. be the spit (or the dead spit) oflook 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 . |
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