rags-to-riches in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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The author's own rags-to-riches story could make interesting reading someday, if he decides to write his memoirs!
www.stuff.co.nz
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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It's a tale of determination and dreams, a fable about capitalist greed, a rags-to-riches story that's occasionally political, romantic, and even a buddy film.
www.nzherald.co.nz
She felt listeners' hearing her rags-to-riches story might inspire them to pursue their dreams.
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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
He inspires the all-female audience with his rags-to-riches story and anti-alcohol rhetoric.
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Many thought his was the ultimate come-down, the culmination of a rags-to-riches-to-rags storyline.
torontoist.com
Will his rags-to-riches-to-rags saga once more end in riches?
www.latimes.com
This should be an inspiring rags-to-riches story -- a morality tale about education leading to a better life.
www.sbs.com.au
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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