chip off the old blockとは意味:《a ~》(性格{せいかく}?行動{こうどう}?外見{がいけん}などが)(父)親にそっくりな(息)子◆直訳すると「元の木塊からとれた一片」という意味で、a chip は「子ども」、the old block は「親」を指す。 They say that new president is a chip off [of] the old block. 新しい社長は父親そっくりだそうだ。 Tom jus...chip off the old block meaning:[American idiom] a person (usually a male) who behaves in the same way as his father or resembles his father. (Usually informal.) ? John looks like his father—a real chip off the old block. ? Bi...chip off the old block en francais:la pomme ne tombe pas loin de l'arbre, l'exemple vient de haut=chip off the old block перевод:весь в отца (в мать) сын своего отца