spitting image (noun)

1. The demon standing before me was the spitting image of my worst nightmare.

2. She looked at him and saw her late husband, his eyes the spitting image of the man she once loved.

3. The character in the comic strip was the spitting image of the artist, right down to the messy hair.

4. The hero in the myth was said to be the spitting image of the god Zeus, with his powerful physique and majestic presence.