| 词汇 | be the dead spit of |
| 释义 | Idiom be the dead spit ofbe the dead spit of (someone) British to look very much like someone else.He's the dead spit of this bloke I used to know. be the dead spit of (someone)To look exactly like someone else. Primarily heard in UK. Wow, you are just the dead spit of your mother! I was about to call you by her name. be the spit (or the dead spit) oflook exactly like. informalThe full form of the phrase is be the spit and image of , perhaps coming from the idea of a person apparently being formed from the spit of another, so great is the similarity between them. This fuller form also lies behind the expression spitting image . |
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