Spit and image

So alike that one is the “spit and image” of the other. The term is often stated, incorrectly, as the “spitting image”.

He takes after his father; he is the spit and image of him.

by Lawrence Wood September 18, 2019

spit and image

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.

by Blac Fantom April 15, 2020