Family expressions that reveal a native ear.
blood will tell
to be cut from the same cloth
a rich kid/daddy’s boy
the apple of one’s eye
to take after someone
a black sheep
blood ties
a family gathering
from father to son
to be going downhill
At C1 you’re refining style: choosing between correct options for tone and precision. Notice how native writers and speakers deploy this, and imitate deliberately.
Feeling shaky? Step back to La Famille at B2. Comfortable? Level up to La Famille at C2.
Elle ___ de son père. (takes after) (verb)
tient
Le mouton ___ de la famille. (black) (idiom)
noir
De père en ___ . (son) (idiom)
fils
🃏 Memory match pair FR ↔ EN
🧩 Sentence builder put the words in order