be the spit of vs look like

be the spit of

look like

verb
  • To be similar in appearance to; resemble. 

  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see look, like. 

  • To give a prospect of 

  • To seem; appear. 

How often have the words be the spit of and look like occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )