viernes, 28 de febrero de 2014

TODAY'S IDIOM: RAGS TO RICHES

"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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