瓜うりの蔓つるに茄子なすびはならぬ

expression

like begets like; the apple doesn't fall far from the tree

Proverb meaning that children resemble their parents, or that outcomes are determined by origins. Literally: 'eggplants don't grow on gourd vines.'

• 彼かれの息子むすこも医い者しゃになった。瓜うりの蔓つるに茄子なすびはならぬだね。

  His son also became a doctor. Like father, like son.