| 单词 | the very spit of |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe very spit of a. the very spit of, the exact image, likeness, or counterpart of (a person, etc.). Also, the (dead) spit of. colloquial. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [phrase] > similar the make1539 eiusdem generis1663 the very spit of1825 spit and image1859 the (dead) spit of1885 the dead ring1899 1825 A. Knapp & W. Baldwin Newgate Cal. III. 497/2 A daughter,..the very spit of the old captain. 1836 T. Hook Gilbert Gurney I. 202 You are a queer fellow—the very spit of your father. 1885 H. Caine Shadow of Crime II. xxvi. 129 A brother..the spit of hissel'. 1886 K. S. Macquoid Sir J. Appleby III. x. 143 This young chap has got his dear grandmother's eyes, why, he's the very spit of her. 1901 E. W. Hornung Black Mask 37 I'll chance you having another ring..the dead spit of mine. 1921 ‘K. Mansfield’ Let. Sept. (1977) 232 One of his [sc. Cézanne's] men gave me quite a shock. He's the spit of a man I've just written about, one Jonathan Trout. 1936 M. de la Roche Whiteoak Harvest v. 98 Easy for a boy to look like his grandmother. There was Renny—the spit of old Gran! 1953 A. Upfield Murder must Wait xvii. 154 The son's the dead spit of the old man. 1966 ‘L. Lane’ ABZ of Scouse 25 That ther kid's ther dead spit of 'is gramp. < as lemmas |
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