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chip off the old block en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (idiomatic) Someone who takes after one of their parents; (generally) a person similar to another.
   • [A] new Parliment is called at York, where the elder Spencer is advanced to the Earldom of Winchester; and Harkely, another Chip of the same Block, is made Earl of Carlisle. c. 1620s, Elizabeth Cary [misattributed to Henry Cary], The History Of the most unfortunate Prince King Edward II. […] , London: A.G. and F. P., published 1680, page 32:
   • He's a chip off the old block—quick to anger just like his father.

Forms

Relateds

apple does not fall far from the tree · like father, like son

Synonyms

chip of the same block · chip off the same block

Translations (18)

hu kiköpött apja/anyja (olyan, mint az) (someone who takes after a parent) · pl wykapany ojciec (someone who takes after a parent) · hu nem esik messze az alma a fájától (someone who takes after a parent) · sv brås (someone who takes after a parent) · ka ზედგამოჭრილი დედაა (someone who takes after a parent) · ast de padres gochos fíos marranos (someone who takes after a parent) · af die appel val nie ver van die boom af nie (someone who takes after a parent) · hu apja fia (someone who takes after a parent) · ms bapa borek anak rintik (someone who takes after a parent) · gl a acha tira para a racha (someone who takes after a parent) · sv vara mamma/pappa upp i dagen (someone who takes after a parent) · pl wykapana matka (someone who takes after a parent) · da være/ligne op ad dage (someone who takes after a parent) · it tale padre, tale figlio (someone who takes after a parent) · es de tal palo, tal astilla (someone who takes after a parent) · ka ზედგამოჭრილი მამაა (someone who takes after a parent) · ga slis den seanmhaide (someone who takes after a parent) · hu anyja lánya (someone who takes after a parent)