English / idiom
From Rags to Riches
MEANING IN ENGLISH
Rising from extreme poverty to immense wealth and prestige through enterprise and tenacity.
In context
01
His journey from rags to riches was built on ruthless efficiency and eliminating every trace of wasted capital.
02
The founder often shares his rags to riches story to motivate junior employees to work smartly.
Synonyms
zero to hero,meteoric ascent,impoverished to affluent
Antonyms
from riches to rags,bankruptcy,decline and fall
Collocations
rags to riches story,go from rags to riches,classic rags to riches