What is meant by the saying?

Question

I am my fathers son can you explain it more

Answer 1

Same as "a chip off the old block" - i have many of my father's ways/values/mannerisms etc.

Answer 2

Means the son is like his father

Answer 3

I agree with the other answers that you share the same characteristics as your father.
However, I think it can also be used as a sort of get out clause as in "I wish I didn't keep doing so and so but I really can't help myself, I am my father's son" ie it's in the genes, I can't/won't/don't want to be bothered to change.

Answer 4

When someone says I am my father s son it means that he is very similar to his father in all aspects of himself ... almost like a repeat of history, a good copy of the original.

Answer 5

You have characteristics in common.
e.g. you both like chatting up the ladies.
you both put off a job till later.

Another way of saying it is "like father, like son".

Answer 6

it means that you normally do things in the way that you're father would have done or wanted you to have done. It can also be used in the sense of loyalty or honour in that you are therefore alike to your father who is a man of courage and honour etc.

Answer 7

My father and I are very much alike in our physical appearance, our mannerisms, our thoughts/ideas, the way we choose to live our lives, etc.

Any or all of these would fit but are not conclusive.

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Answer 9

while growing up i swore i was going to be nothing like my father, work 20hrs a day, chew the finger nails, ect..... " i'm my fathers son!"

Answer 10

you are just like your father