chip off the old block

English

Alternative forms

• chip of the old block
• chip off the block

Pronunciation

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Noun

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

1. (idiomatic) Someone who takes after one of their parents; (generally) a person similar to another.

   Synonyms: chip of the same block, chip off the same block

   He's a chip off the old block—quick to anger just like his father.

   • 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:

     [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.

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)
• Hungarian: nem esik messze az alma a fájától (hu), (son resembling his father) apja fia, (daughter resembling her mother) anyja lánya, kiköpött (olyan, mint az) apja/anyja
• Irish: slis den seanmhaide f
• Italian: tale padre, tale figlio
• Malay: bapa borek anak rintik
• Polish: wykapany ojciec m, wykapana matka f
• Spanish: de tal palo, tal astilla (es)
• Swedish: vara mamma/pappa upp i dagen (sv), brås (sv)

See also

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