Idiom
chip off the old block
Meaning
Someone who takes after one of their parents; (generally) a person similar to another.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He is a chip off the old block, just like his father.”
“The young boy loves fixing cars with his dad; he is truly a chip off the old block.”
“Watching her daughter handle the difficult negotiations with such calm, she realized the girl was a chip off the old block.”
Examples
simple
“He is a chip off the old block, just like his father.”
contextual
“The young boy loves fixing cars with his dad; he is truly a chip off the old block.”
complex
“Watching her daughter handle the difficult negotiations with such calm, she realized the girl was a chip off the old block.”
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