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Idiom idiom

like mother, like daughter


A daughter takes after her mother.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.


SIMPLE

She loves gardening, just like mother, like daughter.

CONTEXTUAL

Both women have the same sharp sense of humor; truly, it is like mother, like daughter.

COMPLEX

Observing the young girl’s natural talent for diplomacy, the guests whispered that it was a classic case of like mother, like daughter.


Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    and his mother

    Serves as an intensifier for an inclusive noun or phrase such as everyone, anyone, each someone or all someones.

  2. 02

    and the like

    And other similar items; et cetera.

  3. 03

    be like

    To say.

  4. 04

    be mother

    To pour out tea for others.

  5. 05

    black over Bill's mother's

    Describing rain-bearing dark clouds on the horizon.

  6. 06

    bricks and Mortar

    [Cockney slang]daughter

  7. 07

    built like a brick outhouse

    Synonym of built like a brick shithouse.

  8. 08

    built like a brick shipyard

    Synonym of built like a brick shithouse.

Last updated August 10, 2026