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Danish
Noun
grim ælling
- ugly duckling
2017, Vivi Sjøner, Prinsesse Natalie zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, Mit liv med heste, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:»Da Rigoletto blev født, var han en grim ælling. En meget grim ælling. Men med årerne og en masse arbejde, er han blevet til en smuk svane.- "When Rigoletto was born, he was an ugly duckling. A very ugly duckling. But with years and a lot of work, he has become a beautiful swan.
2005, Erland Kolding Nielsen, Kommunikation erstatter transport: den digitale revolution i danske forskningsbiblioteker 1980-2005 : festskrift til Karl Krarup, Museum Tusculanum Press, →ISBN, page 209:Men alligevel forandrede DEF sig fra at være en grim ælling til en flot svane.- But nonetheless, DEF turned from an ugly duckling to a beautiful swan.
1997, Nationaløkonomisk tidsskrift:Det gør det vigtigt, at man i de almindelige tidsskrifter også giver plads til en lidt ufærdig idé , der kan udvikle sig fra en grim ælling til en fuldbåren svane.- This makes it important that ordinary periodicals also make space for a somewhat unfinished idea that can transform from an ugly duckling to a consummate swan.
2005, Johan de Mylius, Forvandlingens pris: H.C. Andersen og hans eventyr:Og helten er endda ikke nogen grim ælling, der mobbes af omgivelserne. Han er en succes hos pigerne og i livet i det hele taget.- And the hero isn't even an ugly duckling who is bullied by his environment. He is a success with the girls and in life in general.