the apple does not fall far from the tree

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58 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: die appel val nie ver van die boom af nie — a child is similar to its parents
• Albanian: molla nuk bie larg mollës — a child is similar to its parents
• Asturian: de padres gochos fíos marranos — a child is similar to its parents
• Bulgarian: кру́шата не па́да по́-дале́ч от дърво́то (krúšata ne páda pó-daléč ot dǎrvóto) — a child is similar to its parents
• Catalan: els testos s'assemblen a les olles — a child is similar to its parents
• Catalan: tal pare, tal fill — a child is similar to its parents
• Cebuano: walay man kardaba mamunga og tundan — a child is similar to its parents
• Chinese Mandarin: 有其父必有其子 (yǒu qí fù bì yǒu qí zǐ) — a child is similar to its parents
• Chinese Mandarin: 虎父無犬子 /虎父无犬子 (hǔfù wú quǎnzǐ) — a child is similar to its parents
• Czech: jablko nepadá daleko od stromu — a child is similar to its parents
• Danish: æblet falder ikke langt fra stammen — a child is similar to its parents
• Dutch: een appel valt niet ver van de boom — a child is similar to its parents
• Esperanto: ne falas frukto malproksime de l'arbo — a child is similar to its parents
• Estonian: käbi ei kuku kännust kaugele — a child is similar to its parents
• Finnish: ei omena kauas puusta putoa — a child is similar to its parents
• Finnish: ei omena puusta kauas putoa — a child is similar to its parents
• Finnish: omena ei putoa kauas puusta — a child is similar to its parents
• French: les chiens ne font pas des chats — a child is similar to its parents
• French: la pomme ne tombe jamais loin de l'arbre — a child is similar to its parents
• Galician: de tal pau, tal racha — a child is similar to its parents
• Georgian: კვიცი გვარზე ხტისო (ḳvici gvarze xṭiso) — a child is similar to its parents
• Georgian: დედა ნახე, მამა ნახე, შვილი ისე გამონახე (deda naxe, mama naxe, švili ise gamonaxe) — a child is similar to its parents
• German: der Apfel fällt nicht weit vom Stamm — a child is similar to its parents
• Greek: το μήλο κάτω απ’ τη μηλιά θα πέσει (to mílo káto ap’ ti miliá tha pései) — a child is similar to its parents
• Hebrew: התפוח לא נופל רחוק מהעץ — a child is similar to its parents
• Hungarian: nem esik messze az alma a fájától — a child is similar to its parents
• Icelandic: sjaldan fellur eplið langt frá eikinni — a child is similar to its parents
• Icelandic: eplið fellur sjaldan langt frá eikinni — a child is similar to its parents
• Indonesian: buah jatuh tak jauh dari pohonnya — a child is similar to its parents
• Italian: la mela non cade lontano dall'albero — a child is similar to its parents
• Khmer: ស្លឹកឈើជ្រុះមិនឆ្ងាយពីគល់ (slək chəə cruh mɨn cŋaay pii kʊəl) — a child is similar to its parents
• Korean: 아이는 부모를 닮는다. (aineun bumoreul damneunda.) — a child is similar to its parents
• Lithuanian: obuolys nuo obels netoli terieda — a child is similar to its parents
• Macedonian: крушата под круша паѓа (krušata pod kruša paǵa) — a child is similar to its parents
• Malay: ke mana tumpahnya kuah kalau tidak ke nasi — a child is similar to its parents
• Navajo: bilasáana tsikʼidę́ę́ʼ naaltsʼiʼgo, doo nízaadi naaltsʼíid da — a child is similar to its parents
• Norwegian Bokmål: eplet faller ikke langt fra stammen — a child is similar to its parents
• Norwegian Bokmål: være sin far/mor opp ad dage — a child is similar to its parents
• Polish: niedaleko pada jabłko od jabłoni — a child is similar to its parents
• Portuguese: filho de peixe, peixinho é — a child is similar to its parents
• Portuguese: a fruta não cai longe do pé — a child is similar to its parents
• Romanian: așchia nu sare departe de trunchi — a child is similar to its parents
• Romanian: ce se naște din pisică, șoareci mănâncă — a child is similar to its parents
• Russian: я́блоко от я́блони недалеко́ па́дает (jábloko ot jábloni nedalekó pádajet) — a child is similar to its parents
• Serbo-Croatian: iver ne pada daleko od klade — a child is similar to its parents
• Serbo-Croatian: jabuka ne pada daleko od stabla — a child is similar to its parents
• Slovak: jablko nepadá ďaleko od stromu — a child is similar to its parents
• Slovak: jablko nespadne ďaleko od stromu — a child is similar to its parents
• Slovene: jabolko ne pade daleč od drevesa — a child is similar to its parents
• Spanish: de tal palo, tal astilla — a child is similar to its parents
• Spanish: de tal palo a tal astilla — a child is similar to its parents
• Swedish: äpplet faller inte långt från trädet — a child is similar to its parents
• Tagalog: kung ano ang puno, siya ang bunga — a child is similar to its parents
• Thai: ลูกไม้หล่นไม่ไกลต้น (lûuk-máai-lòn-mâi-gail-dtôn) — a child is similar to its parents
• Turkish: armut dibine düşer — a child is similar to its parents
• Vietnamese: con nhà tông không giống lông cũng giống cánh — a child is similar to its parents
• Vietnamese: con công chẳng giống lông thì giống cánh — a child is similar to its parents
• Yoruba: ẹní bíni l'à á jọ — a child is similar to its parents