親おやに似にぬ子こは鬼おに子ご

expression

like father, like son; a child who does not resemble their parents is a changeling

Proverb meaning that children naturally resemble their parents in character or behavior; the literal sense is that a child unlike the parents is like a demon child.

• 彼かれの頑がん固こさは父ちち親おや譲ゆずりだ。親おやに似にぬ子こは鬼おに子ごというからな。

  His stubbornness comes from his father. Like father, like son, as they say.