a chip off the old block
someone who is verysimilarincharactertotheirfatherormother
（性格上）酷似父亲（或母亲）的人Describing people with the same qualities
- a tough/tricky, etc. customeridiom
- be cast in the same mouldidiom
- be of like mindidiom
- be of the same mindidiom
- be on the same wavelengthidiom
- be the (living/spitting) image ofsomeoneidiom
- cast
- dead ringer
- doppelgänger
- double
- it takes a thief to catch a thiefidiom
- kindred spirit
- like-minded
- match
- meeting
- mind
- step
- take aftersomeone
- thief
- wavelength
Examplesofa chip off the old block
a chip off the old block
If it were not inelegant to say so, it is notachipofftheoldblockwhich we have, but the old block itself.
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He really isachipofftheoldblock.
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Those of us who knew and loved his father will recogniseachipofftheoldblock.
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We feel that his son isachipofftheoldblock.
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When he points to the pictures of his ancestors on the walls, the visitors feel that they are being shown them byachipofftheoldblock.
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If there's such a thing asachipofftheoldblock, it's on my shoulder.
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- avenue of inquiry
- avenue of research
- avenues of investigation
- aver
- average
- average ability
- average adjuster
- average-adjuster
- average age
- average agent
- average-agent
- average amount
- average attendance
- average audience rating
- average-audience-rating
- average circulation
- average citizen
- average clause
- average-clause
- average compensation
- average concentration
- average consumer
- average consumption
- average correlation
- biennial report