Definition of from rags to riches

from rags to riches

• to go from extreme poverty to wealth.

  Last edited on Aug 11 2009. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 11 2009.

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Other terms relating to 'from':
AFK	Definitions include: acronym of "away from keyboard."
beat up from the feet up	Definitions include: Connotes mental, physical, and spiritual bankruptcy.
BFH	Definitions include: acronym for "bitch from hell".
blast from the past	Definitions include: something from the past.
BOFH	Definitions include: acronym for "bastard operator from hell".
brother from another mother	Definitions include: a good friend that is more like a brother.
come from together	Definitions include: This is an expression that was used in Western Kentucky in the late seventies, possibly earlier.
drink from the fire hose	Definitions include: to become overwhelmed with information.
farfrumpoopin	Definitions include: constipated.
from *ss to elbow	Definitions include: over the entire body.
from hell	Definitions include: nightmarish.
from hunger	Definitions include: run down or impoverished.
from scratch	Definitions include: from basic ingredients; not pre-prepared.
from the bottom of (one's) heart	Definitions include: with sincere emotion.
from the d*ck	Definitions include: at the beginning, from the start.
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Other terms relating to 'rag':
de-funk and re-rag	Definitions include: to take a shower and change clothes.
do-rag	Definitions include: a bandana.
jam rag	Definitions include: a used sanitary napkin.
jizz rag	Definitions include: a piece of clothing or fabric used to contain the jizz (semen) ejaculated from masturbation.
on the rag	Definitions include: to menstruate.
rag	Definitions include: to criticize.
raging	Definitions include: extreme.
rag on	Definitions include: to complain, bitch, or whine.
rags	Definitions include: clothes.
red ragger	Definitions include: a member of the Bloods gang.
snot rag	Definitions include: a tissue or handkerchief.
solja rags	Definitions include: simply a bandana with camouflage
spank rag	Definitions include: a piece of shit person.
Other terms relating to 'rich':
filthy rich	Definitions include: extremely rich.
filthy stinking rich	Definitions include: even more wealthy than stinking rich.
hood rich	Definitions include: living in poor circumstances but with certain fancy items.
rich	Definitions include: funny.
RUB	Definitions include: acronym for "rich upscale biker".
stinking rich	Definitions include: extremely wealthy.
too rich for (one's) blood	Definitions include: too-expensive stakes, in a card game involving betting.
Other terms relating to 'to':
3 sheets to the wind	Definitions include: extremely intoxicated
9 to 5	Definitions include: See nine to five.
add fuel to the fire	Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse.
add insult to injury	Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse.
all your base are belong to us	Definitions include: a declaration of victory or superiority.
*ss-to-mouth	Definitions include: sex in which anal sex is immediately followed by fellatio.
back to (one's) roots	Definitions include: to revisit one's past.
back to square one	Definitions include: to go back to the beginning.
balls to the wall	Definitions include: extreme; "all out".
beat all to hell	Definitions include: to be vastly superior.
beat to the punch	Definitions include: to perform an activity before someone else.
be greek to	Definitions include: to be unintelligible.
be up to	Definitions include: to do.
bigger fish to fry	Definitions include: more important things to deal with.
blow to hell	Definitions include: to kill or destroy.
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