spitting image

English

Etymology

Alteration of spit and image (as alike as someone spit from one's own mouth).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈspɪtɪŋ ˈɪmɪdʒ/

Noun

spitting image (plural spitting images)

1. (colloquial) The exact likeness (of someone).

   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)

• Czech: být jako by z oka vypadl
• Dutch: (ze lijken als) twee druppels water
• Finnish: aivan samannäköinen kuin (adjective)
• French: portrait craché (fr) m
• Galician: cuspido m
• German: Ebenbild (de) n

• Hungarian: kiköpött mása
• Indonesian: seperti pinang dibelah dua
• Italian: spaccato (it) m, tale e quale
• Japanese: そっくり (ja) (sokkuri), クリソツ (kurisotsu)
• Polish: sobowtór (pl) m, podobny jak dwie krople wody
• 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
• Slovene: izrezana podoba
• Spanish: el vivo retrato m or f, la viva imagen, la viva estampa