like father, like son

English

Pronunciation

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Proverb

like father, like son

1. A son takes after his father.

Translations

a son takes after his father

• Afrikaans: die appel val nie ver van die boom af nie (af) (literally “the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.”)
• Arabic: الْوَلَدُ سُرّ أَبِيهِ (al-waladu surr ʔabīhi)
• Basque: nolako zura, halako ezpala
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 虎父無犬子 / 虎父无犬子 (fu² fu⁶ mou⁴ hyun² zi²) (literally: “tigers don't have dogs for sons”), 有其父必有其子 (jau⁵ kei⁴ fu⁶ bit¹ jau⁵ kei⁴ zi²)

  Mandarin: 虎父無犬子 / 虎父无犬子 (zh) (hǔfù wú quǎnzǐ) (literally: “tigers don't have dogs for sons”), 子肖其父 (zǐ xiāo qí fù) (literally: “the son is like its father”), 有其父必有其子 (zh) (yǒu qí fù bì yǒu qí zǐ)

• Czech: jablko nepadá daleko od stromu (cs)
• Danish: som far, så søn
• Dutch: zo vader, zo zoon
• Esperanto: kia patro, tia filo
• Estonian: käbi ei kuku kännust kaugele
• Finnish: isänsä poika
• French: tel père, tel fils (fr)
• Georgian: დედა ნახე, მამა ნახე, შვილი ისე გამონახე (deda naxe, mama naxe, švili ise gamonaxe), კვიცი გვარზე ხტისო (ḳvici gvarze xṭiso), არა შეჯდა მწყერი ხესა, არა იყო გვარი მისი (ara šeǯda mc̣q̇eri xesa, ara iq̇o gvari misi)
• German: wie der Vater, so der Sohn
• Greek: κατά μάνα κατά κύρη (katá mána katá kýri)
• Hebrew: הַתַּפּוּחַ לֹא נָפַל רָחוֹק מֵהַעֵץ (hatapúakh lo nafál rakhók meha'étz), כְּמוֹ הַאָב, כָּכָה הַבֵּן (k'mó ha'áv, kácha ha'bén)
• Hindi: जैसा बाप, वैसा बेटा (jaisā bāp, vaisā beṭā)
• Hungarian: nem esik messze az alma a fájától (hu), (stating the similarity of a son to his father) apja fia, (advice to one about to marry a young man) nézd meg az apját, menj hozzá a fiához
• Irish: cad é a dhéanfadh mac an chait ach luch a mharú
• Italian: tale padre, tale figlio
• Japanese: 蛙の子は蛙 (ja) (kaeru no ko wa kaeru) (literally: “a frog's child is a frog”)
• Jeju: 그 아방에 그 아ᄃᆞᆯ (geu abang'e geu adawl)
• Korean: 부전자전 (ko) (bujeonjajeon), 그 아버지에 그 아들 (geu abeoji-e geu adeul)
• Macedonian: каков татко, таков син (kakov tatko, takov sin)
• Malay: bapa borek, anak rintik
• Maltese: skond il-missier, l-iben
• Norwegian: som far, så sønn
• Persian: پسر کو ندارد نشان از پدر (pesar ko nadârad nešân az pedar)
• Polish: jaki ojciec, taki syn (pl), jakie drzewo, taki klin, jaki ojciec, taki syn (pl)
• Portuguese: tal pai, tal filho (pt)
• Romanian: cum e tatăl, așa-i și fiul, ce se naște din pisică, șoareci mănâncă, așchia nu sare departe de trunchi
• Russian: я́блоко от я́блони недалеко́ па́дает (ru) (jábloko ot jábloni nedalekó pádajet)
• Scottish Gaelic: bu dual do dh'isean an ròin a dhol chun na mara
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: какав отац, такав син

  Roman: kakav otac, takav sin

• Slovene: jabolko ne pade daleč od drevesa (sl)
• Spanish: de tal padre, tal hijo, de tal palo, tal astilla (es)
• Swedish: sådan far, sådan son
• Ukrainian: яки́й ба́тько, таки́й син (jakýj bátʹko, takýj syn), яка́ вода́, таки́й млин (jaká vodá, takýj mlyn)
• Vietnamese: cha nào con nấy
• Walloon: çou ki vént d' poye grete (wa), çou ki vént d' tchén hagne (wa)
• West Frisian: sa heit, sa soan

See also

• the apple does not fall far from the tree
• chip off the old block
• like mother, like daughter
• from father to son

References

• Gregory Y. Titelman (1996) Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings, →ISBN, page 218