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spitting image

IDM ความเหมือน กัน มาก ของ คน  2 คน  kwam-muan-kan-mak-kon-kon-2-kon

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SPITTING

ppr. 1. Putting on a spit.
2. Ejecting saliva from the mouth.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

spitting cobra

spit ting co bra noun an African cobra that defends itself by spitting venom from the fangs, typically at the aggressor's eyes. [Genera Naja and Hemachatus, family Elapidae: three species, in particular the black-necked spitting cobra (N. nigricollis ).]

 

spitting distance

spitting distance noun a very short distance: the hotel is within spitting distance of the beach. (of an outcome ) expected to happen with near certainty: whoever takes Pennsylvania in the primary will be in spitting distance of winning.

 

spitting image

spit ting im age |spɪdɪŋ ˈɪmɪʤ | noun (the spitting image of ) informal the exact double of (another person or thing ): she's the spitting image of her mother. ORIGIN late 19th cent. : originally as the spit of or the spit and image of; perhaps from the idea of a person apparently being formed from the spit of another, so great is the similarity between them.

 

Oxford Dictionary

spitting cobra

spit |ting cobra noun an African cobra that defends itself by spitting venom from the fangs, typically at the aggressor's eyes. Genera Naja and Hemachatus, family Elapidae: three species, in particular the black-necked spitting cobra (N. nigricollis ).

 

spitting distance

spitting distance noun a very short distance: the hotel is within spitting distance of the beach. (of an outcome ) expected to happen with near certainty: whoever takes Pennsylvania in the primary will be in spitting distance of winning.

 

spitting image

spit |ting image noun informal the exact double of (another person or thing ): she's the spitting image of her mum. ORIGIN late 19th cent. : originally as the spit of or the spit and image of; perhaps from the idea of a person apparently being formed from the spit of another, so great is the similarity between them.