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)

1. (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 m
• German: Ebenbild (de) n

• Italian: spaccato (it) m, tale e quale
• Japanese: そっくり (ja) (sokkuri), クリソツ (kurisotsu)
• 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