From the headline of this article at Food Navigator-USA.
上記の文で、spitting imageの意味は?
In the sentence above, what does "spitting image" mean?
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解答
意味:英辞郎によると、
〈話〉生き写し、うり二つ、そっくり
Answer
According to Merriam-Webster:someone or something that looks very much like someone or something else
Etymology/語源
英辞郎によると、【語源-1】spitの「唾をペッとはく」という意味から、「同じような話し方をする」 ⇒ 「そっくりである」と発展した。◆【語源-2】アメリカ南部では、He's the very spit of his father. という言い方がよくされる。この spit は spirit から来ている。というのも、南部では「r」の音がはっきりと発音されないから、もともとの表現は He's the very spirit and image of his father. であったと思われる。◆【語源-3】鏡に唾を吐き付けて磨き、はっきりと映るようにしたことから。上記のほか、諸説がありどれが本当なのかは定かではありません。(下記、英語の語源のリンク先を参照。)
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Examples
- Naimah was brown-skinned, slender, and neighbors said she was the spitting image of her mother. — Debbie Chocolate
- … a lovely … Oscar de la Renta dress, which was the spitting image of a similar one the late royal had worn previously. — Megan C. Hill
- Thybulle's father, Greg, told Bishop that Mattise is the spitting image of his late mother and shares her same personality. — Emily Caron, SI.com, "Matisse Thybulle Wishes His Late Mother Were With Him on NBA Draft Night," 20 June 2019
- Wow, you are just the spitting image of your mother! I was about to call you by her name.
- Nina looks the spitting image of her mother.
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