英语词汇like father like son的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	like father like son
词源	like father, like son. British author George Farquhar had this to say about this proverb: “ ’Tis an old saying, ‘like master, like man;’ why not as well, ‘like mistress, like maid?’ ” It is generally heard as in praise of resembling someone, as in “You look just like your father.”
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