Look at her bossing everyone around - she's a real chip off the old block! CIDI
I remember that my chest swelled with pride the day Mrs Smelley told me that I was a chip off the old block and that in her opinion one day I might even be as good as my Granpa. BNC
His grandfather, who taught him songs and ballads and regaled him with tales of his own `;merry'; youth when he fought with gamekeepers, clearly saw the young poacher as a chip off the old block. BNC