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runs in the family

原文解釋: [for a characteristic] to appear in many (or all) members of a family.

中文解釋: 家族之特色或遺傳之意思。

已下為例句:

1. My grandparents lived well into their nineties, and it runs in the family.

2. My brothers and I have red hair. It runs in the family.

3. Athletic ability runs in the family; his father played basketball in college

    and his mother was a high school athlete.

4. His father and uncle were basketball stars in college, so athletic ability runs in the family.

5. a. Biting your thumb is a bad habit, you know!

    b. I know, but I think it runs in the family, my mom do it too.

6. a. You have really nice curly hair, is that natural?

    b. Yes, it runs in the family, everybody has curly hair except for my dad!