spitting image

English

Etymology

Alteration of spitten image or 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)

(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)
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
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 or f, la viva imagen, la viva estampa

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