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Idiom

like mother, like daughter

Meaning

A daughter takes after her mother.

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

Examples

“She loves gardening, just like mother, like daughter.”

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

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

Examples

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.”

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