Translations for „rags-to-riches“ in the English » German Dictionary

rags-to-ˈriches ADJ inv

to tell a rags-to-riches story

die Geschichte vom Tellerwäscher erzählen, der zum Millionär wurde

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to go from rags to riches

vom Tellerwäscher zum Millionär werden

to tell a rags-to-riches story

die Geschichte vom Tellerwäscher erzählen, der zum Millionär wurde

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Think of the gold rush and you'll think of rags-to-riches stories about men who took a risk and made big money fast.

www.theglobeandmail.com

Here are five major corporations who've each starred in their own rags-to-riches story.

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See, this is not so much a rags-to-riches tale as it is one of patience and perseverance and timing.

www.athleticsnation.com

Though the story is essentially rags-to-riches-to rags it is a heart-warming story with a bitter-sweet ending and plenty of humour on the way.

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The rags-to-riches account of a biracial woman with lotsa talent and more than a little moxy is formulaic, and critics complained it was a clichd catastrophe.

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And he wants to launch a speaker's series here, hosting people like him, with classic rags-to-riches tales.

www.thestar.com

The author's own rags-to-riches story could make interesting reading someday, if he decides to write his memoirs!

www.stuff.co.nz

Many thought his was the ultimate come-down, the culmination of a rags-to-riches-to-rags storyline.

torontoist.com

This should be an inspiring rags-to-riches story -- a morality tale about education leading to a better life.

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He inspires the all-female audience with his rags-to-riches story and anti-alcohol rhetoric.

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