rags-to-richesadjective [ before noun ]
uk/ˌræɡz.təˈrɪtʃɪz/us/ˌræɡz.təˈrɪtʃɪz/used to describe what happens to a person who was poor but becomes rich:
a rags-to-riches story
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Rich and wealthy
- bazillionaire
- be rolling in it idiom
- born
- clover
- comfort
- deep
- deep pockets idiom
- easy
- feather
- feather your own nest idiom
- flush
- landowner
- live high on/off the hog idiom
- live off the fat of the land idiom
- nouveau riche
- on easy street idiom
- privilege
- roll
- stinking
- strike
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