Like Father, Like Son proverb
Used to refer to a boy and his father who resemble each other in some ways
Now I really realize that I sometimes act like my dad. I guess it's "like father, like son."
A: Wow! You're really good at this. Where did you learn to do this? B: I learnt it from my dad. A: Like father, like son.
Used to imply that something’s nature would be inherited from or predetermined by its previous generation or the environment.
Indicates a specific type of person mentioned
Wise or intelligent poeple think alike or have the same ideas
To indicate that someone or something is similar to someone or something else
This phrase first appeared in 1616 in a book called Bibliotheca Scholastica Instructissima, which included proverbs collected by Thomas Draxe.
Moreover, another version of this phrase "like mother, like daughter" appeared in the Bible, in Ezekiel 16:44:
“Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is the daughter.”
To be very wet
Because of forgetting bringing an umbrella, I look like a drowned rat when it rains.