a chip off the old block 

someone who is very similar in character to their father or mother

(性格上)酷似父親(或母親)的人

chip在這里表示碎片，block指塊狀物。這里可以指老朽木，從老朽木上掉下來的碎片自然是和原來的材質(zhì)都是一樣的。

She's strong, she's brave, she's beautiful. She's a chipoff the old block.

木蘭強(qiáng)壯，又勇敢，長(zhǎng)得還好看。她就跟她爹一模一樣。

Jonathan is a real chip off the old block. He argues about things in just the way his father did.

喬納森與他父親簡(jiǎn)直就是一個(gè)模子里印出來的。他在為某些事辯論時(shí)的樣子簡(jiǎn)直是他父親。

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