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31spitting image — {n.} or[spit and image] {informal} An exact likeness; a duplicate. * /John is the spitting image of his grandfather./ * /That vase is the spitting image of one I wanted to buy in Boston./ Compare: LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON …
32spitting spider — ▪ arachnid any member of the family Scytodidae (order Araneida). Most species have six pearly white eyes rather than the usual eight. Spitting spiders ensnare their prey by spitting a mucilaginous saliva. They are most common in shady spots …
33spitting in the wind — If you spend time trying to do something that is impossible to achieve, you are said to be spitting in the wind. You ll never make him change his mind. You re just spitting in the wind …
34spitting feathers — Adj. 1. Thirsty. E.g. Let s stop at the next cafe, I m spitting feathers. 2. Frantic, fretful, agitated. E.g. She was spitting feathers after those kids smashed her front window …
35spitting distance — /ˈspɪtɪŋ dɪstns/ (say spiting distns) phrase within spitting distance, Colloquial at a very short distance: to live within spitting distance of the train station …
36spitting spider — noun any spider from the family Scytodidae. These spiders catch their prey by spitting an immobilizing fluid at them …
37spitting distance — noun A short distance. [N]o less than forty defaulters in the executive, within spitting distance of the President, have not alone been proved so, but still retain their places …
38spitting image — noun /ˈspɪtɪŋ ˈɪmɪʤ/ The exact likeness (of someone). Blimey, youre the spitting image of my brother …
39spitting image — See the spitting image …
40spitting mad — very angry, pissed off [B] Mom was spitting mad when you ran across her flower garden …
