rags to riches
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See also: rags-to-riches
English
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Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) By surface analysis, a change from wearing ragged clothing (due to being impoverished) to obtaining a lot of money.
Pronunciation
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Noun
- (chiefly attributive) From poverty to exceptional wealth.
- Antonym: riches to rags
Translations
from poverty to exceptional wealth
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See also
- (from poverty to wealth) self-made, Horatio Alger
- (from low social station to high) go from zero to hero
- (antonymic contrast) nepotism, nepo baby
Further reading
rags to riches on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
