riches

rich·es

R0234500 (rĭch′ĭz)pl.n.1. Abundant wealth: "the impassable gulf that lies between riches and poverty" (Elizabeth Cady Stanton).2. Valuable or precious possessions.

[Middle English richesse, wealth, from Old French, from riche, wealthy; see rich.]

riches

(ˈrɪtʃɪz) pl nwealth; an abundance of money, valuable possessions, or property

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(ˈrɪtʃ ɪz)

n.pl. abundant and valuable possessions; wealth. [1175–1225; Middle English, pl. of Middle English riche wealth, power (Old English rīce power, rule)]

Riches

See Also: ABUNDANCE, FORTUNE/MISFORTUNE, MONEY, SUCCESS/FAILURE

Appearance of wealth will draw wealth to it. As honey draws hungry flies —George Garrett
Have money like sand —Louis MacNeice
His bank account swelled like a puff ball —Christina Stead
Inherited wealth is as certain death to ambition as cocaine is to morality —William K. Vanderbilt
Like our other passions, the desire for riches is more sharpened by their use than by their lack —Michel de Montaigne
A man that keeps riches but doesn’t enjoy them is like an ass that carries gold and eats thistles —Thomas Fuller
“Doesn’t enjoy them” has been modernized from “And enjoys them not.”
More money than the telephone company’s got wrong numbers —Sam Hellman
(The auction was attended by collectors with) pockets as deep as wells —Anon
Property, like liberty, thought immune under the Constitution from destruction, is not immune from regulation essential for the common good —Benjamin Cardozo
Prosperity is like a tender mother, but blind, who spoils her children —English proverb
Prosperity is like perfume, it often makes the head ache —Duchess of Newcastle
The rich are driven by wealth as beggars by the itch —W. B. Yeats
Rich as a congressman —Carson McCullers
Riches, like insects, when concealed they lie, wait but for wings, and in their season fly —Alexander Pope
Pope spelled the fifth word “conceal’d.”
The way to wealth is as plain as the way to market. It depends chiefly on two words, industry and frugality —Benjamin Franklin
Wealth is an engine that can be used for power if you are an engineer; but to be tied to the flywheel of an engine is rather a misfortune —Elbert Hubbard
Wealth is like a viper, which is harmless if a man knows how to take hold of it; but if he does not, it will twine round his hand and bite him —Saint Clement
Wealth like rheumatism falls on the weakest parts —John Ray’s Proverbs
Worldly riches are like nuts; many clothes are torn in getting them, many a tooth broke in cracking them, but never a belly filled with eating them —Ralph Venning

Thesaurus

Noun

riches - an abundance of material possessions and resourceswealthmaterial resource - assets in the form of material possessionsgold - great wealth; "Whilst that for which all virtue now is sold, and almost every vice--almighty gold"--Ben Jonsonhoarded wealth, treasure - accumulated wealth in the form of money or jewels etc.; "the pirates hid their treasure on a small island in the West Indies"

riches

plural noun1. wealth, money, property, gold, assets, plenty, fortune, substance, treasure, abundance, richness, affluence, opulence, top dollar (informal) Some people want fame or riches.
wealth want, need, lack, poverty, scarcity, dearth, paucity, indigence, scantiness2. resources, stocks, stores, treasures Russia's vast natural richesQuotations
"The chief enjoyment of riches consists in the parade of riches" [Adam Smith Wealth of Nations]
"Riches are a good handmaid, but the worst mistress" [Francis Bacon De Dignitate et Augmentis Scientiarum]

riches

nounA great amount of accumulated money and precious possessions:affluence, fortune, pelf, treasure, wealth.

Translations

财富

rich

(ritʃ) adjective1. wealthy; having a lot of money, possessions etc. a rich man/country. 富（裕）的 2. (with in) having a lot (of something). This part of the country is rich in coal.丰富的3. valuable. a rich reward; rich materials.贵重的4. containing a lot of fat, eggs, spices etc. a rich sauce.味厚的5. (of clothes, material etc) very beautiful and expensive. 华丽的ˈrichly adverb 富裕地，丰富地，华丽地 ˈrichness noun 富裕，丰富，浓烈 ˈriches noun plural wealth. 财富

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rags-to-riches

adjective (used before a noun) Characterized by a rise from poverty to great or exceptional wealth. My uncle's is a true rags-to-riches story: he grew up without a penny, but through sheer determination, he founded his own company and is now one of the wealthiest men in the state.

an embarrassment of riches

Too much or more than enough of a desired or needed thing. There are so many stellar applicants for the job that we can't choose between them—it's truly an embarrassment of riches.See also: embarrassment, of, riches

go from rags to riches

To rise from poverty to great or exceptional wealth. My uncle has truly gone from rags to riches. He grew up without a penny, but through sheer determination, he founded his own company and is now one of the wealthiest men in the state.See also: go, rag, riches

from rags to riches

From poverty to great or exceptional wealth. My uncle has truly gone from rags to riches. He grew up without a penny, but through sheer determination, he founded his own company and is now one of the wealthiest men in the state.See also: rag, riches

riches beyond the/any dream of avarice

Wealth that is greater than one could ever imagine, hope for, or spend the entirety of. If this scheme works, we'll have riches beyond the dream of avarice. We could spend the rest of our lives lounging on a beach in the Bahamas! The discovery of oil and natural gas reserves has brought riches beyond any dream of avarice to the region.See also: any, avarice, beyond, dream, of, riches

from rags to riches

Fig. from poverty to wealth; from modesty to elegance. The princess used to be quite poor. She certainly moved from rags to riches. After I inherited the money, I went from rags to riches.See also: rag, riches

embarrassment of riches

An overabundance of something, too much of a good thing, as in All four of them have their own cars but there's no room in the driveway-an embarrassment of riches . This term originated in 1738 as John Ozell's translation of a French play, L'Embarras des richesses (1726). See also: embarrassment, of, riches

from rags to riches

From being poor to being wealthy, especially through one's own efforts. For example, The invention catapulted the scientist from rags to riches. Horatio Alger (1834-1899) popularized this theme in some 130 best-selling novels, in which the hero, through hard work and thrift, pulled himself out of poverty to wealth and happiness. See also: rag, riches

an embarrassment of riches

LITERARYIf you have an embarrassment of riches, you have so many good things or options that you cannot decide which to have or do. With three matches being screened live simultaneously, football fans have an embarrassment of riches to choose from.See also: embarrassment, of, riches

rags to riches

COMMON If you describe someone's life as a rags to riches story, you are saying that they were very poor when they were young but became very rich and successful later in life. His life sounds to me like the classic rags to riches story. He married some money, I gather, then made a lot more. Note: You can also say that someone goes from rags to riches or rises from rags to riches. When asked how he went from rags to riches, Plunkett said, `I saw my opportunities and I took them.' People who rise from rags to riches are often afraid the good life will be snatched away from them. Note: People sometimes use the expression riches to rags to mean that you have been very rich but have lost a lot of money and so have become very poor. The country went from riches to rags in a generation.See also: rag, riches

(from) rags to riches

used to describe a person's rise from a state of extreme poverty to one of great wealth. 2000 Imogen Edwards-Jones My Canapé Hell Much was made of his East End roots, his chance discovery on Oxford Street. He was truly a modern day tale of rags to riches. See also: rag, riches

an emˌbarrassment of ˈriches

so many good things that it is difficult to choose just one: Stratford has an embarrassment of riches, what with three theatres and lovely countryside too.See also: embarrassment, of, riches

from ˌrags to ˈriches

(informal) from being very poor to being very rich, especially in a short period of time: She went from rags to riches in less than five years. ▶ ˌrags-to-ˈriches adj.: It was a real rags-to-riches story.See also: rag, riches

embarrassment of riches, an

Too much of a good thing, an overabundance. The term is a direct translation from the French, where it first appeared as the title of a comedy by the Abbé Léonor d’Allainval, L’embarras des richesses (1726), translated into English by John Ozell and opening in London in 1738.See also: embarrassment, of

rags to riches, from

From poverty to wealth through one’s own efforts; the self-made man or woman. This phrase was the theme of the 130 or so extremely popular novels of Horatio Alger (1834–99), whose heroes always rose from their lowly position by virtue of hard work, thrift, and pluck to win great wealth and happiness. R. de Toledano used it in Frontiers of Jazz, writing of the clarinetist Benny Goodman, “Goodman was the first real rags-to-riches success in the swing-jazz field.”See also: rag

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noun a great amount of accumulated money and precious possessions

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noun an abundance of material possessions and resources

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