"RAGS TO RICHES"
If you go from rags to riches, you start out very poor and you become very rich.
Example: My grandfather went from rags to riches when his dishwashing liquid became very popular. He started out making it at home, but in less than a year he had his own factory.
De mendigo a millonario.
Example sentences:
- Most of these young guys in professional basketball came from poor neighbourhoods and they all have the same rags-to-riches story / La mayoría de estos jóvenes en el baloncesto profesional vinieron de los barrios pobres y todos ellos tienen la misma historia de mendigo a millonario.
- This girl I knew in high school has had an unusual life. She went from rags to richesafter she became a top international model / Esta chica que conocí en la secundaria ha tenido una vida inusual. Ella pasó de mendiga a millonaria después de que se convirtió en una modelo internacional de primera.
Additional examples:
- People who go from rags to riches are often afraid the good life will be snatched away from them.
- The princess used to be quite poor. She certainly moved from rags to riches.
- After I inherited the money, I went from rags to riches.
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