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What is your country's "you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear"? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 5 months ago by frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 9 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

The above poster isnt really correct. We have an actual saying that is the literal translation: "Der Apfel fällt nicht weit vom Stamm ". And it means exactly what you suggest, a child being very much like one of their parents in one way or another.

Like father, like son exists as well, "Wie der Vater so der Sohn".

[–] meekah@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Lmao your username 😭

[–] federalreverse@feddit.de 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

You're right, I forgot about the fact that there's a literal translation. But besides being gender-neutral, both sayings mean the same, no?

My main point was that many Germans now regularly use the pear-tree malapropism, however.