Meaning of SPITTING IMAGE - A Really Short English Lesson with Subtitles

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In English if we say someone is the spitting image of someone else it means that we think
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they look a lot alike.
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It means that we think they almost look like twins.
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We often use this phrase to describe a son who looks a lot like their father.
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You could say, "Joe, you are the spitting image of your dad!"
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And that would mean that we think that Joe looks a lot like his dad.
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We also use this to describe a daughter who looks a lot like their mom.
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You could say, "Jane, you are the spitting image of your mom!"
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So notice we usually use this phrase when we're talking about people's relatives.
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Usually we are talking about fathers and sons, mothers and daughters...
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Sometimes we use it to describe brothers.
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People have said to me, before, that they think I am the spitting image of my younger
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brother, which doesn't make a lot of sense, cause, technically he should be the spitting
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image of me because I'm older!
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We have another phrase that refers to the people whose behaviours are similar to their
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parents.
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So for instance you could say, "The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.", when you
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are talking about some of my behaviours.
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I have behaviours that are very similar to the behaviours that my dad had.
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I like things tidy.
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I like things organized, and I like everything just so.
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So someone could describe me by saying, "Wow!
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The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.", and that would mean that they think I have
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a lot of the same behaviours that my dad had.
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