(dead) ringer (for someone)
- (dead) ringer (for someone)
*a (dead) ringer (for someone)
Fig. very closely similar in appearance to someone else. (*Typically:
be \(dead) ringer (for someone)
; look like \(dead) ringer (for someone).) •
You are sure a dead ringer for my brother.
•
Isn't he a ringer for Chuck?
Dictionary of American idioms.
2013.
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(dead) ringer (for someone) — n. someone who is an exact duplicate of someone else. □ You are sure a dead ringer for my brother. □ Isn’t he a ringer for Chuck? … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
(a) dead ringer for someone — a dead ringer for (someone/something) someone or something that looks exactly like someone or something else. Our waiter was a dead ringer for Humphrey Bogart. My silver blue ‘64 Buick was a dead ringer for the one Sinatra drove in that movie … New idioms dictionary
be a dead ringer for someone — be a dead ringer for (someone/something) to look very similar to someone or something. He s a dead ringer for Bono from U2 people often come up to him in the street and ask for his autograph … New idioms dictionary
ringer for someone — Go to (dead) ringer (for someone) … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
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(a) dead ringer for something — a dead ringer for (someone/something) someone or something that looks exactly like someone or something else. Our waiter was a dead ringer for Humphrey Bogart. My silver blue ‘64 Buick was a dead ringer for the one Sinatra drove in that movie … New idioms dictionary
(a) dead ringer for — a dead ringer for (someone/something) someone or something that looks exactly like someone or something else. Our waiter was a dead ringer for Humphrey Bogart. My silver blue ‘64 Buick was a dead ringer for the one Sinatra drove in that movie … New idioms dictionary
be a dead ringer for something — be a dead ringer for (someone/something) to look very similar to someone or something. He s a dead ringer for Bono from U2 people often come up to him in the street and ask for his autograph … New idioms dictionary
be a dead ringer for — (someone/something) to look very similar to someone or something. He s a dead ringer for Bono from U2 people often come up to him in the street and ask for his autograph … New idioms dictionary
dead ringer — n someone who looks exactly like someone else dead ringer for ▪ Dave s a dead ringer for Paul McCartney … Dictionary of contemporary English
dead ringer — noun Someone or something that very closely resembles another; someone or something easily mistaken for another. He is a dead ringer for his grandfather at that age. Syn: spitting image … Wiktionary