ugly duckling

Etymology
. From the fairy tale of a duckling, considered ugly, that matures into a magnificent swan.

Noun

 * 1)  A young person who is ugly, but who is expected to become beautiful or handsome as they mature.

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Amharic: አስቀያሚ ሲንድሬላ
 * Arabic: بَطَّة قَبِيحَة
 * Belarusian: бры́дкае качаня́
 * Bulgarian: гро́зно па́тенце, гро́зно пате́нце
 * Catalan: aneguet lleig, anegueta lletja
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: ošklivé káčátko
 * Danish: grim ælling
 * Dutch: lelijk eendje
 * Esperanto: malbela anasido
 * Estonian: inetu pardipoeg
 * Faroese: mishátti dunnuungin, ljóti dunnuungin
 * Finnish: ruma ankanpoikanen
 * French:, vilaine petite canarde
 * German: hässliches Entlein
 * Greek:
 * Icelandic: Ijóti andarunginn
 * Indonesian: itik buruk rupa
 * Italian: brutto anatroccolo, brutta anatrocolla
 * Japanese: みにくいアヒルの子
 * Korean: 미운 오리 새끼
 * Macedonian: грдо пајче
 * Norwegian: stygg andunge
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: patinho feio, patinha feia
 * Romanian: rățușca cea urâtă
 * Russian: га́дкий утёнок
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Slovak: škaredé kačiatko
 * Slovene: grdi raček
 * Spanish: patito feo, patita fea
 * Swedish: ful ankunge
 * Thai:
 * Turkish: çirkin ördek yavrusu
 * Ukrainian: гидке́ каченя́
 * Vietnamese: