VOCABULARY - IDIOMS

Rags to riches

Meaning:

The phrase rags-to-riches refers to any situation in which a person rises from poverty to wealth.

Examples:

  • It's like a real rags to riches story.
  • Time is money, sir, when you go from rags to riches.
  • Okay. For your profile, I was thinking it's a "rags to riches" story.
  • There is monster, rags to riches, quest, voyage and return, comedy, tragedy, rebirth.
  • Has his name on a lot of buildings, or on the signs in front of buildings. A real rags to riches story.
  • Enjoy this colorful lotto game set in 1930s Chicago! Go from rags to riches as you try your luck in different casinos.
  • A fast-paced feature documentary spanning 80 years of revolution in history and culture, Vidal Sassoon The Movie is a true rags to riches tale, tracing Sassoon's path from a London orphanage to international success and celebrity.
  • My grandfather's was a classic tale of rags to riches.
  • From rags to riches in one year; she really is a hard worker!
  • Rags to riches, that's not just the name of a book, that's what this country was all about.