2006-08-05 16:11:14 · 17 answers · asked by primetime0729 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
It means that children tend to be like their parents.
2006-08-05 16:13:56 · answer #1 · answered by Cyn90 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An apple do not fall far from the tree is meant that the descendant or chldren are not far different with their parents.Their children physically and morally are almost the same wth their mother and their father..If their parents are coming from a good and smart family ,their children will be like them too.
2006-08-08 03:31:10 · answer #2 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means that a child is likely to follow in a parents' footsteps. For instance, if i were an mean person and my father was a mean person, the apple (me) wouldn't have fallen far from the tree (my Dad).
2006-08-05 23:16:45 · answer #3 · answered by MARIA K 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Fruits of labor." It means money for work. The apple represents the fruit and the tree a person. If you were rich once, then you can catch up by doing work. It means,"Money does not fall far from a person."
2006-08-05 23:20:06 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. It means that a child (the apple) is not much different from its parent (the tree).
2006-08-08 14:03:55 · answer #5 · answered by Yngona D 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It really depends on the situation because if the parents are druggies and to say that to some body's child it is very negative. But to say that to somebody that is successful well then you know its more a compliment. Anyways it just means that kids follow their parents.
2006-08-06 03:14:53 · answer #6 · answered by Erica 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
and an acorn doesn't fall far from the oak....it's like the apple tree is the parent .and the apples are their children.....if the children act..are..alot like the parents....well..you get it...it has a negative connotation.....people who say it are usually rolling their eyeballs...it's not meant to be a compliment
2006-08-05 23:18:26 · answer #7 · answered by Happy Summer 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the tree being the parent, and the offspring, child or adult offspring carry on the parents values mannerisms,traditions as the fallen apple from the tree above representing the parent.
2006-08-05 23:25:13 · answer #8 · answered by Ivan M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Basically, that a child will be very much like his parents, or the people/person who raised him. It's usually not meant kindly, i.e. "her Dad was a bum, what do you expect?"
2006-08-05 23:23:05 · answer #9 · answered by 34th B.G. - USAAF 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That means that more than likely you will be the same or really close to being like your dad/parents
2006-08-06 03:56:35 · answer #10 · answered by Have Tongue Will Travel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋