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spitting n spitting is a dirty habit cracher est une habitude dégoûtante ; ‘spitting prohibited’ ‘interdiction de cracher’.to be the spitting image of sb être le portrait tout craché de qn ; to be within spitting distance of être à deux pas de. -
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spitting ['spɪtɪŋ]∎ no spitting (sign) défense de cracher;∎ familiar he was within spitting distance of me il était à deux pas de moi□ ;∎ familiar he's the spitting image of his father c'est son père tout craché -
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image n1 ( concept) ( mental picture) image f ; ( notion) idée f ; the popular image of life in the north l'idée que les gens se font de la vie dans le nord ;2 ( epitome) image f ; the image of the successful working mother l'image de la mère qui travaille et qui a réussi ;4 TV, Phot, Cin ( picture) image f ; visual image image réelle ; the moving image l'image en mouvement ;5 ( likeness) image f ; God created Man in his own image Dieu créa l'homme à son image ; he is the (spitting) image of you fig c'est toi tout craché ;6 Literat image f ;7 Math image f ;8 Comput image f.
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spitting\ image — • spitting image • spit and image noun informal An exact likeness; a duplicate. John is the spitting image of his grandfather. That vase is the spitting image of one I wanted to buy in Boston. Compare: like father, like son … Словарь американских идиом
spitting image — If a person is the spitting image of somebody, they look exactly alike.( Spit and image is also used and some suggest it is a hasty pronunciation of spirit & image , to suggest that someone completely resembles someone else. Example: He s the… … The small dictionary of idiomes
Spitting Image — était une émission de télévision satirique diffusée sur le réseau britannique ITV de 1984 à 1996 et brièvement en France sur M6. Spitting Image mettait en scène des marionnettes en latex caricaturant les personnalités les plus en vue du Royaume… … Wikipédia en Français
spitting image — n be the spitting image of sb to look exactly like someone else … Dictionary of contemporary English
spitting image — meaning ‘an exact double’, is an established phrase, although it is in origin a misunderstanding of spit and image (spit and picture also occurred), which was itself an extension of the early 19c phrase the (very) spit of. A transitional form… … Modern English usage
spitting image — [n] look alike carbon copy, clone, double, duplicate, exact likeness, likeness, match, replica, ringer*, twin, very image; concepts 414,664,670 … New thesaurus
spitting image — [spit′ n im′ij] n. spit and image: see SPIT2 (n. 5) … English World dictionary
Spitting Image — Infobox television show name = Spitting Image caption = Spitting Image album cover for Da Do Run Ron satirical parody of Ronald Reagan format = Puppet show voices= Chris Barrie Harry Enfield Jon Glover Louise Gold Steve Nallon Kate Robbins John… … Wikipedia
Spitting Image — Seriendaten Originaltitel Spitting Image Produktionsland UK … Deutsch Wikipedia
spitting image — noun a perfect likeness or counterpart • Hypernyms: ↑likeness, ↑alikeness, ↑similitude * * * noun, pl ⋯ ages [count] : someone who looks very much like someone else usually singular She is the spitting image of her mother. * * * ˌspitting ˈimage… … Useful english dictionary
spitting image — If a person is the spitting image of somebody, they look exactly alike. (Dorking School Dictionary) *** If one person is the spitting image of another, they look exactly like each other. Sarah is the spitting image of her mother … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions