mage 관용구

damaged goods

abused, in poor condition One man described prostitutes as damaged goods.

spitting image

exact resemblance He is a spitting image of his father.

the spitting image

one who looks like someone, a dead ringer Patty is the spitting image of her mother - same face, same hair.

the spit and image of

Idiom(s): be the spit and image of someone AND be the spitting image of someone

Theme: APPEARANCE - LOOKS

to look very much like someone; to resemble someone very closely. (Folksy. The first version has fixed order. The second version is a frequent error.)
• John is the spit and image of his father.
• I'm not the spitting image of anyone.

do sb damage

Idiom(s): do sb damage

Theme: HARM

to harm someone. (Informal.)
• I hope she doesn't plan to do me damage.
• They did us damage by telling the whole story to the newspapers.

the spitting image of

Collateral damage

Accidental or unintended damage or casualties are collateral damage.

line of scrimmage|line|scrimmage

n. phr. An imaginary line on a football field parallel to the goal lines where each play except the kickoff begins. The play was stopped at the line of scrimmage.

spit and image|image|spit|spitting|spitting image

n. 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.

damage

damage
In addition to the idioms beginning with damage, also see do someone wrong; the damage.
* * *
- damage control
- damaged goods

damage control

damage control
Measures to minimize or curtail loss or harm. For example, As soon as they discovered the leak to the press, the senator's office worked night and day on damage control. Used literally since the 1950s, specifically for limiting the effect of an accident on a ship, this term began to be used figuratively in the 1970s.

image

image
see spitting image.

the damage

the damage
The cost or price of something, as in So what's the damage for this outfit? This seemingly modern slangy phrase, with damage alluding to the harm done to one's pocketbook, was first recorded in 1755.