tel père tel fils
/tɛl pɛʁ tɛl fis/
le
noun
B1
le (masc.) la (fem.)
Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.
Meaning
Similar words
les chiens ne font pas des chats
les chiens ne font pas des chats (dogs don't make cats) and tel père tel fils (like father like son) are close synonyms for the same idea, "like father like son."
Practice
1 What does tel père tel fils mean?
like father like son
2 Fill the gap: Il est aussi têtu que son ___, tel père tel fils.
Full sentence: Il est aussi têtu que son père, tel père tel fils. (He's as stubborn as his father, like father like son.)
3 Which fingerprint chart matches tel père tel fils?
tel père tel fils: neutral register, common frequency, general domain, neutral connotation.
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