This means that a child is exactly like a parent. 意思是一个孩子完全和他父母一样。
This expression goes back at least to the early sixteen hundreds. 这种说法至少追溯到 16 世纪以前。英格兰剧作家乔治。
The British writer of plays, George Colman, wrote these lines in seventeen sixty-two. 科尔曼在 1762 年写下这样的句子“我确信你将发现它是他父亲的其亲生儿子。
"You'll find him his father's own son, I believe. A chip off the old block, I promise you!" 从旧木块上掉下的碎屑,我保证!”