"Comme on dit, tel père, telle fille."

[mampersand]

Technically the common saying is "like father, like son," yes?

[BrandiSiek]

Yeah, "Like father like son" is more likely what "they say". But I suppose daughters can be like their fathers too...

[pinkduckling]

I've also heard "like father, like daughter". Less common though.

[rdcosta]

If the correct translation is "as we say" why is the first translation given as 'so to speak' also 'as they say' ; this amounts to misguiding the learners

[codeandcoffeh]

http://www.french-linguistics.co.uk/dictionary/on.html

http://french.about.com/od/grammar/ss/subjectpronouns_5.htm

[solipsist180]

Is this a kind of phrasal that requires all parts to be translated as "as they say" or "so to speak"? You can't reduce it to 'Comme dit', it requires a pronoun, yes?

[BlackSea]

correct

[DmytroShkr]

They do not say so. Idiomatic expressions must be rendered by idioms: like father, like son. To make one learn the word daughter and the feminine adjective telle some other sentences have to be used.