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0:00 - How to Say, “A chip off the old block.”
0:19 - Examples of “A chip off the old block.”
1:04 - Meaning of “A chip off the old block.”
1:41 - Origin of “A chip off the old block.”
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“A chip off the old block.”

If someone says that you’re “a chip off the old block,” it means that you’re exactly like one of your parents, in a good way or a bad way.

“You’re a chip off the old block! I remember when your mom was a teenager, she’d do the same thing,” your grandma might be telling you.

Maybe a relative is meeting your kid for the first time, “Wow, he looks exactly like you, a chip off the old block!”

“You’re such a chip off the old block,” your mom might be teasing you when she sees you doing something in the exact same manner that your father does it.

As you can tell, “a chip off the old block,” means that your traits are reminiscent of, evocative of one of your parents; it could be how you look or how you act.

In this idiom, a chip refers to a small broken-off piece of wood or stone, which of course would share the same characteristics as the material from which it came.

“A chip off the old block”, has been in use since at least the 1600s and was originally mainly used to refer to boys and their fathers, but is now not so limited.

You can imagine that there are similar idioms or proverbs in many other languages, as people have always been fascinated by a person’s resemblance to his or her parents.

In Taiwan, they say that “a tiger dad won’t have dogs for children.”

You’ll hear people say “as the trunk, so the branch,” in Malta.

In Turkey, they say that “the pear falls on its bottom” - in other words, a pear always rolls to its heavy end.

“A fish’s child knows how to swim,” might be overheard in Portugal.

In Southern Europe, you might hear in Catalan, “Like river, like water.”

“The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree, she’s a chip off the old block!” your roommate might be complaining about unfair treatment from your landlord and her daughter.

Perhaps you go to your mom’s workplace to drop off lunch and the secretary says, “You look exactly like your mom! A chip off the old block...”

“He’s a chip off the old block!” you might say to your husband when you see him and your son wearing the same outfit.

So, the next time you want to say that someone acts or looks just like one of their parents, don’t forget to say that they’re “a chip off the old block.”

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