from father to son

English

Adverb

from father to son

Passed down from a father to his son.
Hypernym: from generation to generation

Coordinate term: from mother to daughter

Translations

passed down from a father to his son

Dutch: van vader op zoon
Finnish: isältä pojalle
French: de père en fils (fr)
Italian: di padre in figlio
Polish: z ojca na syna
Spanish: de padre a hijo

See also

like father, like son

Further reading

“from father to son” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
“from father to son” (US) / “from father to son” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.

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