rags to riches

English

Etymology

From from rags to riches

Noun

rags to riches

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

Usage notes

• Usually used attributively, as an adjective.

Translations

in a biographical context, from poverty to exceptional wealth

• Arabic: من الفقر إلى الثراء (min al-faqr 'ílaa l-tharaa'), من الفقر المطلق الى غنى الفاحش (min al-faqr al-muTlaq 'ílaa l-ghinaa al-faaHish), من العسر إلى اليسر (min al-3usr 'ílaa l-yusr)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 麻雀變鳳凰, 麻雀变凤凰 (máquè biàn fènghuáng) (sparrow turned phoenix), 白手起家 (zh) (báishǒuqǐjiā) (build up from scratch)

• Finnish: tuhkimotarina, ryysyistä rikkauksiin
• French: de la misère à la richesse (from misery to wealth)
• German: vom Tellerwäscher zum Millionär (from dishwasher to millionaire)
• Italian: dalle stalle alle stelle
• Japanese: 無一文から大金持ちに (むいちもんからおおかねもちに, muichimon-kara ōkanemochi-ni) (from penniless to a very rich (person))
• Russian: из грязи в князи (ru) (iz grjázi v knjázi) (from dirt to princedom)