Picture and Spit

Picture

Picture noun - Something or someone that strongly resembles another.

Usage example: the young teen is the very picture of her mother

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Spit and picture are semantically related. in double topic. In some cases you can use "Spit" instead a noun "Picture".

Nearby Words: pictured, picturing

Spit noun - Something or someone that strongly resembles another.

Usage example: the spit and image of his father

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Picture and spit are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Picture" instead a noun "Spit".

Nearby Words: spitting, spited, spiting, spitted

old	old picture	old spit
good	good picture	good spit
similar	similar picture	similar spit
original	original picture	original spit
Other adjectives: small, real, large, great, little, main, naked, extra, last, giant.

In "The Lonesome Mouse", we see Jerry paint a Hitler mustache and comb-over on a picture of Tom and then spit at it.

Source: Wartime Cartoon
Subverted in his review of Star Trek: The Motion Picture where he nearly spit takes but manages to keep it down.

Source: Spit Take
A common variation of the trope involves the speaker using the object as a substitute for a particular person, whether a love interest around whom they Cannot Spit It Out or a deceased relative (here a picture or the grave/tombstone itself is often the patient listener).

Source: Surrogate Soliloquy

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