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. That guy over there is the dead spit of someone I went to high school with. The resemblance is uncanny! Pete? Oh, I'm sorry, Larry. From the side, you are the dead spit of Pete from Accounting!

See also: dead, of, spit

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be 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

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