Cliché: a chip off the old block

Meaning: someone who closely resembles another person. Origins and uses.
Rewrite 1: a chip^n5b out of the old cookie
Rewrite 2: a twig off the old tree
Rewrite 3: a stone out of the solid earth
Rewrite 4: a thread out of fine cloth

Comment: My sense is that this is usually used in referring to someone who resembles someone else of quality or solid character, but it doesn’t have to. I avoided some similar “size” comparisons that could have negative connotationsⁿ², like “crumb” or “crust”, but using them could easily refer to someone of less character, on either side of the comparison.

More reading about clichés
What I found when I googled “clichés”:
• Los Angeles Clichés: “Canards and clichés, L.A. through the N.Y. Times looking glass.”