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Spit and image

大家都知道spit的意思是“唾液”。可奇怪的是,有一个和spit相关的词组spit and image的意思却是“和...一模一样的(人或东西)”。

语源学界普遍接受的一种说法是,spit and image起源于俗语“just as if one person were spit out of another's mouth.”,是一种关于“极其相似”的不雅比喻。

来看一个例句:He is his father's spit and image.(他和他爸爸长的特别相似。)

英语还有个俗语the very spit of,它的意思是“和……一模一样”。

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