释义 |
be the dead spit of (someone) 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.See also: dead, of, spitbe the spit (or the dead spit) of look exactly like. informal The 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 .See also: of, spit |