bear a resemblance to

bear a resemblance to (someone or something)

To share similarities, especially in appearance, with someone or something else. Wow, you really bear a resemblance to your mother! I was about to call you by her name. These two pieces of music certainly bear a resemblance to each other—it's a little suspicious, if you ask me.
See also: bear, resemblance
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

bear a resemblance to someone or something

to have a degree of similarity to someone or something. This wallet bears a strong resemblance to the one I lost last month. Do you think that Wally bears any resemblance to his sister Mary?
See also: bear, resemblance
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • bear a resemblance to (someone or something)
  • resemblance
  • be the spit and image of (someone)
  • be the spitting image of (one)
  • be the spit of (one)
  • be the spitten image of (one)
  • spitten
  • the spit and image of (one)
  • spit and image of
  • spitting image
References in periodicals archive
And don't forget to let us know if you know any Teessiders who bear a resemblance to the great and the good.
BMW AG (Xetra: BMW), a Germany-based automaker, has announced that its first production iNext model is likely to bear a resemblance to the Vision Next 100 concept vehicle.
Near the end of the last century, the English physician Martin Lister concluded that fossils are inorganic structures that grow within rocks and coincidentally bear a resemblance to living marine creatures.