- ringer for someone
- Go to (dead) ringer (for someone).
Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions. 2015.
ringer for someone
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(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
(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 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 for Love — UK 7 single cover Single by Meat Loaf featuring Cher from the album Dead Ringer … Wikipedia
ringer — I. /ˈrɪŋə / (say ringuh) noun 1. someone or something that rings, encircles, etc. 2. a quoit or horseshoe so thrown as to encircle a peg. 3. the throw itself. 4. → boxer2 (def. 1). 5. a stockworker; a cattle drover: *But the ordinary stockman,… …
ringer — [[t]rɪ̱ŋə(r)[/t]] ringers 1) PHRASE: usu v link PHR for n If you say that one person is a ringer or a dead ringer for another, you mean that they look exactly like each other. [INFORMAL] 2) N COUNT A bell ringer is someone who rings church bells… … English dictionary
