Idiom of the day: ******************************** "rags to riches" --------------------------------------------------- Meaning: If you go from rags to riches, you start out very poor and you become very rich. For example: My grandfather went from rags to riches when his dishwashing liquid became very popular. He started out making it at home, but in less than a year he had his own factory. Most of these young guys in professional basketball came from poor neighbourhoods and they all have the same rags-to-riches story. Note: If used as a modifier before a noun or a noun phrase, hyphens must be added, as in "a rags-to-riches story".
Posted on: Fri, 23 Aug 2013 06:06:24 +0000
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