蛙かえるの子こは蛙かえる

expression

like father, like son; the apple doesn't fall far from the tree

Proverb meaning children resemble their parents in ability or character; often used with a nuance of resignation or modest self-deprecation.

• 彼かれも父ちち親おやと同おなじく医い者しゃになった。蛙かえるの子こは蛙かえるだね。

  He became a doctor just like his father. Like father, like son.

• 私わたしの絵えは下手へただけど、母ははもそうだったから蛙かえるの子こは蛙かえるかな。

  My painting is poor, but my mother's was too, so I guess the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.