很多短语的字面意思和实际意思看似不相干，其实都有它的来源。让我们一起探索这些短语的来源吧 我们先来看两个句子： 1.Young Charlie is a chip off the old block, he had blond hair like his father’s and like him also, is interested in car racing. 我要收藏 2.Richard is as good a pianist as his father was. He is really a chip off the old block. 这两句话里都有a chip off the old block这个短语。chip的意思是“一小片木头”，block解释为“大木块”；a chip off the old block指的就是从大木料上削下来的小木片。说一个人是a chip off the old block也就是说他和老爸很像了。这个短语多用来指儿子。 上面两句话的意思就是： 1.小查理和他爸爸真是像，他有和爸爸一样的金发，也和爸爸一样喜欢赛车。 2.理查德是个和他爸爸一样优秀的钢琴家，真是虎父无犬子。 另外和这个短语意思差不多的还有be cast in the same mould，像一个模子里刻出来的。