run\ in\ the\ family

run\ in\ the\ family
• run in the blood
• run in the family
v. phr.
To be a common family characteristic; be learned or inherited from your family.

A great interest in gardening runs in his family.

Red hair runs in the family.


Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". . 1997.

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