Like Father, Like Son In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "Like Father, Like Son", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

Tommy Tran

2021-03-28 10:03

a chip off the old block , like mother, like daughter

Like Father, Like Son proverb

Used to refer to a boy and his father who resemble each other in some ways

Now I really realize that I sometimes act like my dad. I guess it's "like father, like son."

A: Wow! You're really good at this. Where did you learn to do this? B: I learnt it from my dad. A: Like father, like son.

Indicates similarities between two things, to look very much alike

Used to imply that something’s nature would be inherited from or predetermined by its previous generation or the environment.

Indicates a specific type of person mentioned

Wise or intelligent poeple think alike or have the same ideas

To indicate that someone or something is similar to someone or something else

This phrase first appeared in 1616 in a book called Bibliotheca Scholastica Instructissima, which included proverbs collected by Thomas Draxe.

Moreover, another version of this phrase "like mother, like daughter" appeared in the Bible, in Ezekiel 16:44:

“Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is the daughter.”