chip off the old block

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Noun

chip off the old block (plural chips off the old block or chips off old blocks)

(idiomatic) Someone who takes after one of his or her parents.
He’s a chip off the old block for following in his father’s footsteps.

Translations

someone who takes after a parent

Afrikaans: die appel val nie ver van die boom af nie (af)
Galician: a acha tira para a racha
Georgian: ზედგამოჭრილი მამაა (zedgamoč̣rili mamaa), ზედგამოჭრილი დედაა (zedgamoč̣rili dedaa)

Irish: slis den seanmhaide f
Malay: bapa borek anak rintik
Spanish: de tal palo, tal astilla (es)

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