一代不如一代 的英文怎麼說?

[1] The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.[2] Each generation is worse than the last.
  Each generation is worse than the previous one.

The apple doesn't fall far from the tree. = 兒女跟父母的性格、脾氣、或天分很相似，比較像是「有其父必有其子」或「有其母必有其女」的意思，但只要上下文一致，也有「一代不如一代」的意思，如例句

Each generation is worse than the last. 是白話的說法，簡單易懂。