Language Log a bliodgi Spit(ting| and) images:

…argument that both “spitting image” and “spit and image” are probably re-interpretations of an original “spitten image”

In Jèrriais:

• êcopi = spit
• ch’est san portrait tout êcopi = he’s the spitting image of him
• ch’est san péthe tout êcopi = his the spitting image of his father

We can also say:

• (ch’est san péthe) tout êcrit
• (ch’est san péthe) tout ponnu
• (ch’est san péthe) tout r’pété

Other spitting expressions:

• êcopi compangnie = part company
• i’ vit d’êcopi = he lives on nothing but his saliva
• ch’est coumme êcopi au driéthe d’eune vaque = it’s as useful as spitting on a cow’s backside (i.e. as much use as a chocolate teapot)