rags to riches

Etymology
Surface analysis, a change from wearing  (because impoverished) to having a lot of.

Noun

 * 1)  From poverty to exceptional wealth.

Translations

 * Arabic: مِنَ الْفَقْرِ إِلَى الثَّرَاءِ, مِنَ الْفَقْرِ الْمُطْلَقِ إِلَى غِنَى الْفَاحِشِ, مِنَ الْعُسْرِ إِلَى الْيُسْرِ
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 麻雀變鳳凰,
 * Finnish: tuhkimotarina, ryysyistä rikkauksiin
 * French: de la misère à la richesse
 * Galician: da pobreza á riqueza
 * German: vom Tellerwäscher zum Millionär
 * Hungarian: koldusból királyfi
 * Italian: dalle stalle alle stelle
 * Japanese: 無一文から大金持ちに
 * Latin: per aspera ad astra
 * Portuguese: da miséria a riqueza, renascido das cinzas
 * Russian:
 * Swedish: från koja till slott