When a person uses the phrase βthe spittin imageβ they usal mean that something or someone looks exactly like them.
Jack you look The spitting image of you dad.
Refers to objects that are highly alike, if not identical
Mary is the spitting image of her mother when she was young.
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Derived from the Southern vernacular, "Spirit and image". Meant as a compliment directed at the child of someone deceased.
He is the Spitting image, or more commonly, spittin image of his deceased father.
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Spitting Images is a pop/rock quartet from Atlanta, GA consisting of Josh Ingram (Vocals, Bass, Piano), Robeen Dey (Vocals, Guitar), Alex Lafley (Guitar) and Pat Felder (Drums). The foursome melds piano driven hooks with crafty guitarmanship to create a sound which critics have called lush and refreshing. They recently released a 5-song EP entitled Lost On The Run.
"Spitting Images meshes rock, pop, personality."
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So alike that one is the βspit and imageβ of the other. The term is often stated, incorrectly, as the βspitting imageβ.
He takes after his father; he is the spit and image of him.
Exactly alike in appearance. For over a century the phrase "spitting image" has been more popular.
"Philip was the spit and image of the Prince of Wales" Sinclair Lewis, "It Can't Happen Here", 1935, Chapter 3, page 21.