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spitting image

noun
🔊/ˌspɪtɪŋ ˈɪmɪdʒ/
🔊/ˌspɪtɪŋ ˈɪmɪdʒ/
Word Originlate 19th cent.: originally as the spit of or the spit and image of; perhaps from the idea of a person apparently being formed from the spit of another, so great is the similarity between them.
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be the spitting image of somebody
  1. to look exactly like somebody else和某人长得一模一样
    • She's the spitting image of her mother.她长得酷似她的母亲。🔊🔊

Spitting Image

🔊/ˌspɪtɪŋ ˈɪmɪdʒ/
🔊/ˌspɪtɪŋ ˈɪmɪdʒ/
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  1. a British comedy television series (1984-96) that used large rubber models of famous people to make fun of politicians, film stars and even members of the royal family by making them do and say ridiculous things