2006-09-25 16:30:00 · 25 answers · asked by Jarlena86 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
translation: the child is very similar to his/her parent.
2006-09-25 16:31:46 · answer #1 · answered by Robert 5 · 7⤊ 0⤋
It means that a child is similar (usually in manner or habit) to the parent. More often than not used in a negative sense. For example, if a child is arrested on a drug charge when the child's parents have a history of drug offenses, people might say, "the apple doesn't fall far from the tree."
2006-09-25 16:33:23 · answer #2 · answered by Sam D 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The fruit is an expression of the tree's energy, time and effort. What The tree produces is a direct reflection of what it is. Apples don't come off oak trees. The fruit is not broadcast far from the tree but will be in the neighborhood of what it is. Sometimes this is good sometimes it is bad. But The tree is known by the fruit it bears and the fruit is known by what tree it comes off of.
2006-09-25 16:52:32 · answer #3 · answered by neverbeenhere 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It's kind of the same as "like father like son." It basically means that your children/parents/family resemble you physically and in their behaviors. Sadly, it is often used with a negative connotation, like if a teenager gets in trouble the principal asks the parents if there are problems at home and says, "well you know, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree." Hope this answers your question.
2006-09-25 16:38:59 · answer #4 · answered by Mark L 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It represents something. Like the apple is a fruit of the tree right? The family is represented by a tree and their kid(s) is represented by the apple. So no matter what the kid is going to have a lot of traits from that family.
2006-09-25 16:32:11 · answer #5 · answered by winds_of_justice 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The phrase means that people tend not to move very far away from their home or never leave where they grew up. Its usually because the home usually means comfort or that one's family is always close and irrespective of how far one apple roams, it still calls the 'apple tree' home.
2006-09-25 17:09:14 · answer #6 · answered by tentoeights 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means that if you do something that your mother or father does , be it good or bad your just like them . There fore you are the fruit of your parents and the saying goes the fruit doesn't fall far from the tree . You are the fruit and your parents are the tree .
2006-09-25 16:37:02 · answer #7 · answered by Angel 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
the apple does not fall far from the tree mean your just like your parent and the different one is like a catch phaser of what your friend uses for a joke
2016-11-03 11:27:04 · answer #8 · answered by kobie 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is making reference to a child (as the apple), turning out in life a lot like his/her parents(as the tree).
2006-09-25 17:34:11 · answer #9 · answered by Linda P 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means that childern tend to be like their parents,the annalogy being that an apple dose not fall far from the tree ti grew on just like the behavor of the childern dose not " fall far from the behavor of their parents.
2006-09-25 16:40:25 · answer #10 · answered by blondecarpenter@sbcglobal.net 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Like symbolism, Your parents are the Tree, you are the apple/acorn. you dont fall far from them meaning your not much different than them
2006-09-25 16:31:58 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋