Apple Never Falls Far from the Tree——有其父必有其子
** one can predict how a child will turn out by looking at the parents(人可以通過觀察父母來預測孩子將會如何); a child will be like his or her parents（孩子會像他或她的父母一樣）
~~有其父必有其子；子肖其父；其父其子；酷似其父；一個模子出來的；像媽媽一樣的女兒；萬變不離其中；如樹如果；江山易改本性難移；上樑不正下樑歪
~~ apple doesn’t fall far from the tree; a chip off the old block; like father, like son; like mother, like daughter; like begets like; like tree like fruit; as the old cock crows so does the young; as above, so below
!! Apparently of Eastern origin, it is frequently used to assert the continuity of family characteristics.
（這種說法）顯然起源於東方，它經常被用來斷言家庭特徵的延續性。
!! The proverb is now most often used to describe someone with obvious failings; the problems are simply passed along from parents to a child.
這句諺語現在最常被用來形容有明顯缺點的人，這些問題只是由父母傳給孩子。
>> He was chief executive's right-hand man, and when he inherited the company, he didn’t have many new ideas -- an apple never falls far from the tree.
他是首席執行官的得力助手，當他繼承公司時，他沒有太多新想法——子肖其父。
>> If you think the battered woman's treatment of her off spring will be very different from the treatment she got, think again -- an apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.
如果你認為這名被毆打的女人，跟她對待她的子孫會有很大不同，那就再想想——有其父必有其子。
學勤進修教育中心
英語專科導師
李啟文 教授