"like mother, like daughter" meaning in English

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Proverb

Audio: En-au-like mother, like daughter.ogg [Australia]
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  1. (idiomatic) A daughter takes after her mother. Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): Women Related terms: chip off the old block, like father, like son, the apple does not fall far from the tree Translations (a daughter takes after her mother): jaká matka, taká Katka (Czech), zo moeder, zo dochter (Dutch), kia patrino, tia filino (Esperanto), äitinsä tytär (Finnish), äitinsä tyttö (Finnish), telle mère, telle fille (French), anyja lánya (english: stating the similarity of a daughter to her mother) (Hungarian), nézd meg az anyját, vedd el a lányát (english: advice to one about to marry a girl) (Hungarian), tale madre, tale figlia (Italian), каква мајка, таква ќерка (kakva majka, takva ḱerka) (Macedonian), jaka matka, taka córka (Polish), jaka mać, taka nać (Polish), tal mãe, tal filha (Portuguese)

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