spitting image

English

Alternative forms

spitten image

Etymology

Alteration of spit and image.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈspɪtɪŋ ˈɪmɪdʒ/

Noun

spitting image (plural spitting images)

(colloquial) The exact likeness (of someone).
Blimey, you're the spitting image of my brother.

Hypernyms

image (structurally)

Translations

the exact likeness of someone

Chinese:
Mandarin: 一模一样 (zh) (yīmóyīyàng), 活像 (zh) (huóxiàng)
Dutch: (ze lijken als) twee druppels water
Finnish: aivan samannäköinen kuin (fi) (adjective)
French: portrait craché (fr) m
Galician: cuspido m
German: Ebenbild (de) n

Italian: spaccato (it) m, tale e quale
Japanese: そっくり (ja) (sokkuri), クリソツ (kurisotsu)
Polish: sobowtór (pl) m
Portuguese: cuspido e escarrado (pt) m
Russian: (adjective) вы́литый (ru) (výlityj), вы́литый портре́т m (výlityj portrét), то́чная ко́пия f (tóčnaja kópija)
Scottish Gaelic: cho coltach ri
Spanish: el vivo retrato m, f

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