in a biographical context, from poverty to exceptional wealth
- Arabic: مِنَ الْفَقْرِ إِلَى الثَّرَاءِ (mina l-faqri ʾilā ṯ-ṯarāʾi), مِنَ الْفَقْرِ الْمُطْلَقِ إِلَى غِنَى الْفَاحِشِ (mina l-faqri l-muṭlaqi ʾilā ḡinā l-fāḥiši), مِنَ الْعُسْرِ إِلَى الْيُسْرِ (mina l-ʿusri ʾilā l-yusri)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 麻雀變鳳凰, 麻雀变凤凰 (máquè biàn fènghuáng) (sparrow turned phoenix), 白手起家 (zh) (báishǒuqǐjiā) (build up from scratch)
- Finnish: tuhkimotarina, ryysyistä rikkauksiin
- French: de la misère à la richesse (from misery to wealth)
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- German: vom Tellerwäscher zum Millionär (from dishwasher to millionaire)
- Italian: dalle stalle alle stelle
- Japanese: 無一文から大金持ちに (むいちもんからおおかねもちに, muichimon-kara ōkanemochi-ni) (from penniless to a very rich (person))
- Russian: из гря́зи в кня́зи (ru) (iz grjázi v knjázi) (from dirt to princedom)
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