like father, like son

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like father, like son

A son takes after his father.
Jason is headstrong and impatient—like father, like son.

A: "My favorite getaway is Puerto Rico." B: "Like father, like son, I see."

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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.”)
Albanian: si i ati dhe i biri
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

References

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

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