A chip off the old block


Also found in: Idioms.
a child who resembles either of his parents.

See also: Chip

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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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.
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WAYNE Rooney's lad looks a chip off the old block as he has a ball in the waves on a Caribbean beach holiday.
Roo does he remind you of?
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.
Top chippy BATTERS the opposition! owners put shop's success down to their chunky chips!
Hatton (left) said: "He's a chip off the old block - very aggressive.
HATTON LOVES HIS CON JOB
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.
Gazza's son Regan chooses modelling over 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"?
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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.
Rugby Union: Like father, like son; Junior Rugby
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."
Eddie's little fledgling
DAN Ruckwood is turning out to be a chip off the old block.
Swimming: I'm making a splash... just like my dad!
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.
The Butterfly Garden
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.
In Brief: Golf
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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