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2006-07-02 14:10:23 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
Someone/thing looks so much like said image that it makes you spit.
2006-07-02 14:13:32 · answer #1 · answered by JenEstes 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's usually used to indicate when one person looks like someone else. As in "You're the spitting image of your great Uncle Bert".
The phrase "spitting image" means "exact likeness". It derives from a British slang expression dating back to 1901. The roots of this expression can be traced through British history as far back as the middle ages [2].
2006-07-02 21:13:02 · answer #2 · answered by Kaia 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Looks extremely similar or almost identical.
Example: You are a spitting image of your father.
It can also mean a smaller version of.
Hope this helps!
2006-07-02 21:14:44 · answer #3 · answered by browneyedbeauty4 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When something is the "spitting image" of something, it looks identical to it.
2006-07-02 22:14:29 · answer #4 · answered by dancerkid 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"spitting image" means something that is just like something else. example- "John is the spitting image of his father", meaning he is very similiar to his father.
2006-07-02 21:15:26 · answer #5 · answered by amesbh 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It could also be called a dead ringer.
Take a person that you know and soemwhere in the world there is another person that looks liek them. They say everyone ahs a twin
2006-07-02 21:14:19 · answer #6 · answered by jsweit8573 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Baisically as if looking in a mirror. Its one of those weird pointless phrases.
2006-07-02 21:13:43 · answer #7 · answered by Irzu_7 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
LOOK IN THE MIRROR AND SEE YOUR IMAGE
NOW IF YA SAW SOMEONE WHO EXACTLY LOOKED LIKE THIS THEN IT WOULD BE A DOUBLE OR SPITTIN IMAGE
2006-07-02 21:14:28 · answer #8 · answered by waltonwayaugusta 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Looks just like someone or something.
2006-07-02 21:13:40 · answer #9 · answered by ladysodivine 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A good article on this is at http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mspittinimage.html
2006-07-02 21:15:22 · answer #10 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋