Rags-to-riches Definition

noun

(idiomatic) In a biographical context, from poverty to exceptional wealth.

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Origin of Rags-to-riches

  • From from rags to riches

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Rags-to-riches Sentence Examples

  • Annie was a rags to riches tale of a little orphan child.

  • For a small rescue mongrel, it is a real rags to riches story.

  • Her rags to riches story have raised eyebrows among the upper class member of the society.

  • This world of beautiful women, handsome men and rags-to-riches stories belies a subtext of social aspiration and entrenched racial hierarchies.

  • You could be hard-pressed to find a movie review for Cinderella that didn't praise Disney's rags-to-riches story.

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