A proverb meaning 'like begets like' — children's traits often resemble their parents'; literally 'eggplants do not grow on gourd vines.'
彼の子どもが音楽家になったと聞いて、みんなは『瓜の蔓に茄子はならぬ』と言った。
When they heard his child became a musician, everyone said, 'Like father, like son.'
このことわざは、親の習慣や性格が子に影響することを表すときに使われる。
This proverb is used to express that parents' habits or character influence their children.