chip off the old block

Cultural  

1. An expression used of people who closely resemble their parents in some way: “Mark just won the same sailboat race his father won twenty years ago; he's a chip off the old block.”

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chip off the old block Idioms  

1. A person who closely resembles a parent, as in Like her mother, Karen has very little patience—a chip off the old block. This term, with its analogy to a chip of stone or wood that closely resembles the larger block it was cut from, dates from ancient times (Theocritus, Idyls, c. 270 b.c.). In English it was already a proverb by the 17th century, then often put as chip of the old block.

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Example Sentences

A position as a high school principal led his father to Lakeland, Fla., where Murray was born on Sept. 26, 1929, and nicknamed “Chip,” as in “chip off the old block.”

From Los Angeles Times

“Chip off the old block,” Brian said.

From New York Times

In that regard, he’s a chip off the old block.

From Seattle Times

Deimos, the smaller of the two moons of Mars, might be a chip off the old block — quite literally.

From New York Times

“A chip off the old block,” former Simi Valley coach Bob Hawking tweeted after seeing video highlights of Trent.

From Los Angeles Times