“Spitting image is the usual modern form of the idiom meaning exact likeness, duplicate, or counterpart. The original phrase was spit and image, inspired by the Biblical God’s use of spit and mud to create Adam in his image. But spitting image has been far more common than spit and image for over a century.”
“Spitting image is the usual modern form of the idiom meaning exact likeness, duplicate, or counterpart. The original phrase was spit and image, inspired by the Biblical God’s use of spit and mud to create Adam in his image. But spitting image has been far more common than spit and image for over a century.”