Idiom
the apple does not fall far from the tree
Meaning
A child grows up to be similar to its parents, both in behavior and in physical characteristics.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He is just like his father; the apple does not fall far from the tree.”
“Seeing her daughter show the same talent for music as her mother, everyone agreed that the apple does not fall far from the tree.”
“Observing the young man’s ruthless ambition, the townspeople whispered that the apple does not fall far from the tree, given his father’s own history of greed.”
Examples
simple
“He is just like his father; the apple does not fall far from the tree.”
contextual
“Seeing her daughter show the same talent for music as her mother, everyone agreed that the apple does not fall far from the tree.”
complex
“Observing the young man’s ruthless ambition, the townspeople whispered that the apple does not fall far from the tree, given his father’s own history of greed.”
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