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like mother, like daughter

proverb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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proverb

Meaning 1

A daughter takes after her mother.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic

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Across languages

Translations

16 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: каквато майката, такава и дъщерята (kakvato majkata, takava i dǎšterjata) — a daughter takes after her mother
  • Czech: jaká matka, taká Katka — a daughter takes after her mother
  • Dutch: zo moeder, zo dochter — a daughter takes after her mother
  • Esperanto: kia patrino, tia filino — a daughter takes after her mother
  • Finnish: äitinsä tytär — a daughter takes after her mother
  • Finnish: äitinsä tyttö — a daughter takes after her mother
  • French: telle mère, telle fille — a daughter takes after her mother
  • Hungarian: anyja lánya — a daughter takes after her mother
  • Hungarian: nézd meg az anyját, vedd el a lányát — a daughter takes after her mother
  • Italian: tale madre, tale figlia — a daughter takes after her mother
  • Jeju: 그 어멍에 그 ᄄᆞᆯ (geu eomeong'e geu ttawl) — a daughter takes after her mother
  • Korean: 그 어머니에 그 딸 (geu eomeonie geu ttal) — a daughter takes after her mother
  • Macedonian: каква мајка, таква ќерка (kakva majka, takva ḱerka) — a daughter takes after her mother
  • Polish: jaka matka, taka córka — a daughter takes after her mother
  • Polish: jaka mać, taka nać — a daughter takes after her mother
  • Portuguese: tal mãe, tal filha — a daughter takes after her mother