20130316 The apple doesn't fall far from the tree #Mystic River 2003#

                
                
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Sean: Jimmy, I'm just curious, man. Why, why are you so dead set against that kid? He said Katie told him you'd disowned her if she ever dated a Harris.
Jimmy: I knew his father. They called him "Just Ray" Harris.
Whitey: Why is that?
Jimmy: There were so many Rays in the neighborhood. You had "Crazy Ray" Bucheck, "Psycho Ray" Dorian. Guess all the cool names were taken, so he got stuck with "Just Ray." We never got along. I flat out didn't like him. And he cut out on his wif when she was pregnant with that little mute of hers. I don't know. I just figure the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. I don't want Brendan or any other Harris dating Katie or any other daughter of mine. I can't believe we're talking about Just Ray Harris.
The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.
A child grows up to be very similar to its parents, both in behavior and in physical characteristics.
Alternative forms
apple does not fall far from the stem
apple does not fall far from the trunk
apple never falls far from the tree
or
chip off the old block
like father, like son