“Like father, like son” alternatives…
5. The son of a duck is a floater (Egyptian Arabic)
4. The son of a cat hunts mice (Venezuelan Spanish)
3. Kicky horse, kicky foal (Irish)
2. A snake’s offspring will always be a long thing (Igbo)
1. Where will the sauce be poured if not on the rice? (Malay)
5. The son of a duck is a floater (Egyptian Arabic)
4. The son of a cat hunts mice (Venezuelan Spanish)
3. Kicky horse, kicky foal (Irish)
2. A snake’s offspring will always be a long thing (Igbo)
1. Where will the sauce be poured if not on the rice? (Malay)
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"Fé mar a shiúlann an portán críonna, sea siúlann an portán óg" (Irish, "the young crab walks as the old crab walks"
“Siúil díreach, a mhic” – mar a dúirt an seanphortán leis an bportán óg.
> “Walk straight, son” – as the old crab said to the young crab.
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"The apple doesn't fall far away from the stem."
We're a' Jock Tamson's bairns.
Spanish: “From such a stick, such a splinter”.
Chinese: “A tiger father will not have a dog son”.
The son of a cat hunts mice
A snake's offspring
Will always be a long thing
Where will the sauce be poured if not on the rice?
"A dragon gives birth to a dragon. A phoenix to a phoenix. The son of a mouse knows how to dig a hole."