rags to riches
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See also: rags-to-riches
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Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Surface analysis, a change from wearing ragged clothing (because impoverished) to having a lot of money.
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Noun edit
- (chiefly attributive) From poverty to exceptional wealth.
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from poverty to exceptional wealth
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See also edit
- (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 edit
- rags to riches on Wikipedia.Wikipedia