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Truly, his one son was a chip off the old block, and Peter Winn had no meek notions concerning the intrinsic value of said old block.
WAYNE Rooney's lad looks a chip off the old block as he has a ball in the waves on a Caribbean beach holiday.
Bali Basra, who's owned the Gulson Road takeaway for nearly 22 years, is a chip off the old block as her dad Mukhtiar had chip shops in Coventry when she was growing up in the 80s.
Hatton (left) said: "He's a chip off the old block - very aggressive.
But Regan is very far from being a chip off the old block of his 45-year-old dad as he loves dancing and "hates" football.
After his maiden speech in 1781 which politician was described as "not merely a chip off the old block but the old block itself"?
FORMER Wigan Warrior and GB Rugby League star Andy Farrell's son Owen is a chip off the old block if his performance in the England U16 warm-up game against Bath U17 Academy side is anything to go by.
He said: "I took Honey out on my backpack on the dry ski slope only last week and she seemed to be a chip off the old block. She was very relaxed with the whole thing."
DAN Ruckwood is turning out to be a chip off the old block.
The story line focuses on relationships as Mad Adam fears that he will prove a chip off the old block and abuse his daughters while Spinster Sara courageously confronts him and his phobia.
GOLF: Christopher Nugent has proved he is a chip off the old block by achieving his first hole in one - at the tender age of ten.
The word on Lincoln Chafee, who has succeeded his father, John Chafee as senator from Rhode Island, is that "he's a chip off the old block." This comes from Darrell West, a professor of political science at Brown, who tells The Hill's Robert Schlesinger: "He votes like his dad, socially moderate, fiscally conservative, and a strong environmentalist." Sen.
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- A blind boil
- A block of shares
- à bon marché
- a bone of contention
- A bone to pick
- A book of tickets, please
- A bottle of mineral water
- A bottle of red wine
- A bottle of sparkling mineral water
- A bottle of still mineral water
- A bottle of the house wine
- A bottle of white wine
- A buck of the first head
- A bursary
- A butt's length
- a capella singing
- a capful of wind
- a cappella
- a cappella singing
- A carafe of red wine
- A carafe of the house wine
- A carafe of white wine
- A cast of the eye
- à cheval
- A child's ticket
- A chip off the old block
- a clean bill of health
- A clean breach
- A clear breach
- A clerical error
- A closed sea
- A coffee, please
- A color film, please
- A colour film, please
- A Coruña
- a couple of
- A cut and blow-dry, please
- A cut in rates
- A dark horse
- A dead dog
- A deep line of operations
- à deux
- A dog in the manger
- A draft beer, please
- A draught beer, please
- A drawing of tea
- A dry sherry, please
- a far cry
- A feather in the cap
- a few
- A fighting chance
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- a chill went down your spine
- a chilling effect
- a chin up
- a chin-up
- a Chinese fire drill
- A Chinese Ghost Story
- a chink in armor
- a chink in armor
- a chink in armor
- a chink in armor
- a chink in armour
- a chink in armour
- a chink in armour
- a chink in armour
- a chink in her armor
- a chink in his armor
- a chink in my armor
- a chink in one's armor
- a chink in our armor
- a chink in somebody's armor
- a chink in somebody's armour
- a chink in someone's armor
- a chink in someone's armour
- a chink in the armor
- a chink in the armour
- a chink in their armor
- a chink in your armor
- a chinless wonder
- a chip buttie
- a chip butty
- A chip off the old block
- a chip on (one's) shoulder
- a chip on her shoulder
- a chip on his shoulder
- a chip on my shoulder
- a chip on shoulder
- a chip on shoulder
- a chip on shoulder
- a chip on shoulder
- a chip on somebody's shoulder
- a chip on someone's shoulder
- a chip on your shoulder
- a chip shot
- a chit
- a chit-chat
- a chitchat
- a chiv
- a chive
- a choad
- a chocoholic
- a chode
- a choice between 2 evils
- a choice between two evils
- a choice bit of calico
- a choice of 2 evils
- a choice of two evils
- a choke artist
- a choom
- a chop shop
- a chop-shop
- a chopper
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