spit and image

Example Sentences

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With his patrician nose and sunken eyes — to many, the spit and image of Juan Carlos himself — Mr. Solà said his own face was the easiest evidence of his parentage.

From New York Times • Jun. 25, 2021

“But if you’re acting, do you do the spit and image or what works for you?”

From New York Times • Feb. 10, 2014

But even if you’re Helen of Troy, or the spit and image of Mila Kunis, there’s something odd about your assertion that your daily existence is punctuated by people sniping at your outstanding looks.

From Slate • Nov. 17, 2011

She’s the spit and image of her mammy.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 8, 2010

Going to be the spit and image of his daddy when I rode him North in ’61.

From "Absalom, Absalom!" by William Faulkner