Advanced English Idioms Speak Like A Native Speaker
hi i’m vanessa from speak english with
vanessa calm the apple doesn’t fall far
from the tree does it let’s talk about
it recently it was Father’s Day in the
US so I want to share with you two
idioms that you can use to talk about
similarities between parents and kids
the first one has to do with fruit well
as you might know from the title of this
video it has to do with apples you can
imagine there is an apple tree that’s
like the father or the mother’s a parent
this tree is the parent and below the
tree are their apples from another tree
did those apples fall from another tree
probably not unless the wind is really
strong
usually the apples that fall underneath
a tree comes from that parent tree we
can imagine the apple is the child in
our idiom the apple doesn’t fall far
from the tree
is similarities between you and your
parents or between you and your kids
let’s imagine that your dad loves coffee
he is a huge coffee fan and you also
like coffee you could say well the apple
doesn’t fall far from the tree and it
means I know where I got this this trait
this interest this love I know where it
came from because my dad also has the
same interest for me my grandma is
always active she’s always moving or
going or have some project she’s going
going going non-stop and do you know who
is similar to her it’s me I need to take
time to slow down because it’s difficult
for me to stop I’m always going going
going
and it brings me joy and happiness to
have projects and ideas so I could say
well the apple doesn’t fall far from the
tree my grandma is really active and so
am I even though she’s not my parent we
can still use this idiom to talk about
similarities can you talk about negative
similarities with this idiom yes
let’s imagine that your mom always says
that she’s gonna do something and then
she doesn’t do it she doesn’t follow
through she just says she’s going to do
something and then she doesn’t Wow
if your mom is that way and your sister
is also that way they share this common
personality trait you could say well the
apple doesn’t fall far from the tree
they both say they’re going to do
something and then they don’t this is a
negative thing so we can use this idiom
for positive traits and for negative
traits the apple doesn’t fall far from
the tree what about the second one
the second idiom is a little clearer it
is a like father like son like mother
like daughter can you imagine what this
means well does it mean that you have
similarities to your father yes
definitely so if we go back to our idea
about your dad loved coffee you love
coffee you can say he likes coffee I
like coffee like father like son
great you’re comparing yourself to him
or if we want to talk about a negative
trait your mom says she’s gonna do
something and she doesn’t do it your
sister says she’s gonna do something but
she doesn’t do it you could say well
like mother like daughter they have the
same character trait this is comparing
them so I want to know for you use both
of these idioms what is a similarity
that you have either positive or
negative with your parent
or if you are a parent tell me what is a
similarity that you have with your kids
try to use one of these idioms the apple
doesn’t fall far from the tree or like
father like son like mother like
daughter
let us know in the comments and learn
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