spitting image

Etymology
Alteration of earlier (see ). A popular explains this phrase as deriving from the idea of a father spitting out a child whole from his mouth, as if giving birth. But actually developed from, where  in this context means “likeness”. Terban further suggests a derivation of this sense of from the word, but evidence for this is lacking. Another theory is that the idiom is Biblical, after an image of God spitting into dry earth to make the clay out of which Adam would be formed.

Noun

 * 1)  The exact likeness (of someone).

Translations

 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech: být jako by z oka vypadl
 * Dutch: twee druppels water
 * Finnish: aivan samannäköinen kuin ,
 * French:
 * Galician: cuspido
 * German:
 * Hungarian: kiköpött mása
 * Icelandic: lifandi eftirmynd
 * Indonesian: seperti pinang dibelah dua
 * Irish: ar athphrátaí
 * Italian:, tale e quale
 * Japanese:, クリソツ
 * Polish:, podobny jak dwie krople wody,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, вы́литый портре́т, то́чная ко́пия
 * Scottish Gaelic: cho coltach ri
 * Slovene: izrezana podoba
 * Spanish: el vivo retrato, la viva imagen, la viva estampa, clavadito
 * Swedish: på pricken,
 * Ukrainian: викапаний