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*(dead) ringer (for someone) Fig. very closely similar in appearance to someone else. (*Typically: be ~; look like ~.) You are sure a dead ringer for my brother. Isn't he a ringer for Chuck? be a dead ringer for somebody/something to look very similar to someone or something He's a dead ringer for Bono from U2 - people often come up to him in the street and ask for his autograph. See also: dead a dead ringer for somebody/something someone or something that looks exactly like someone or something else Our waiter was a dead ringer for Humphrey Bogart. My silver-blue ’64 Buick was a dead ringer for the one Sinatra drove in that movie. See also: dead How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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David Cronenberg's creepily brilliant Dead Ringers (Warner Home Video, $19. Even more austere than Crash (1996) but suffused with a tenderness reminiscent of Dead Ringers (1988), Spider is an existential tragedy about impossible love--specifically, about the longing to return to a lost childhood paradise defined by the symbiotic bond between mother and infant. Many of them taste delicious, whether they're dead ringers for beef or chicken or closer to the flavors of your favorite Mexican or Italian dishes. |
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