Canadian Idioms

1. Parenting Idioms
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2. to follow in someone’s footsteps
to do the same things that another
person has done before
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Jane followed
in her
mother’s
footsteps and
became the
President of
the Beach
Volleyball
Club.

3. the apple doesn’t fall far
from the tree
said when a child has a similar character
or similar qualities to his or her parents
She became a famous
pianist like her father,
I guess the apple
doesn’t fall far from
the tree.
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4. like father, like son
said when a child’s character or behavior
resembles that of their parent
When they sang
together
everybody agreed
“like father, like
son”.
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5. It takes a village to raise a child
an entire community of people must provide for and
interact with a child for them to be raised well
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He learned a
lot through
the stories
that were told
on that bench
in his
hometown, it
takes a village
to raise a
child.

6. Born with a silver spoon in one’s
mouth
to have a high social position and be rich from birth
My grandmother likes
to tell the story how
she did not taste coffee
until she was 18, as she
was not born with a
silver spoon in her
mouth.
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