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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.
And when the Somerset opener raised his bat again at the Basin Reserve, his father celebrated with a bag of chips from the catering stall under the scoreboard - a chip off the old block in every sense.
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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- 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 child's ticket
- a chill goes down somebody's spine
- a chill goes down spine
- a chill goes down your spine
- a chill pill
- a chill runs down somebody's spine
- a chill runs down spine
- a chill runs down your spine
- a chill runs/goes down (one's) spine
- a chill runs/goes down somebody's spine
- a chill runs/goes down spine
- a chill went down my spine
- a chill went down your spine
- 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 armor
- a chink in armour
- a chink in armour
- a chink in armour
- a chink in armour
- a chink in armour
- a chink in somebody's armour
- a chink in someone's armour
- a chinless wonder
- 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 shoulder
- a chip on your shoulder
- A Chosen Child Adoption Services
- A Christian Ministry in the National Parks
- A Christmas Carol
- A Christmas Carol in Prose, Being a Ghost Story of Christmas
- A Christmas to Remember
- A chromosomes
- a chunk of change
- a church key
- A Church Near You
- A Circle of Friends
- A circumflex
- A circumflex
- A circumflex
- a citizen of the world
- a city slicker
- a civil question deserves a civil answer
- a claim to fame
- a clarion call
- A Clash of Kings
- A Class Act
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