be the spitting image of sb
(also be the spit (and image) of sb)Definition
› to look extremely similar to someone: Josie is the spitting image of her granny at the same age. The old man was the (dead) spit of Winston Churchill.Describing people with the same qualitiesSimilar and the same
(Definition of be the spitting image of sb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- a chip off the old block idiom
- a meeting of minds idiom
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