La famille at C1 — idioms & nuance
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Family expressions that reveal a native ear.
📓 Expressions familiales
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blood will tell
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to be cut from the same cloth
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a rich kid/daddy’s boy
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the apple of one’s eye
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to take after someone
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a black sheep
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blood ties
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a family gathering
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from father to son
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to be going downhill
🔊 Example sentences
Elle tient de sa mère.She takes after her mother.
C’est la prunelle de ses yeux.She’s the apple of his eye.
Le métier se transmet de père en fils.The trade passes from father to son.
💡 Your C1 goal
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.
Il est le mouton noir de la famille.He’s the black sheep of the family.
✍️ Practice
Elle ___ de son père. (takes after) (verb)
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tient
Le mouton ___ de la famille. (black) (idiom)
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noir
De père en ___ . (son) (idiom)
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fils
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