ugly duckling

UGLYSUCCESSFULsomeone who is less attractive, successful etc than other people, but who becomes beautiful and successful later 丑小鸭〔指起初不如别人、后来变得出类拔萃之人〕

Examples from the Corpus

ugly duckling• The loco is a bit of an ugly duckling.• An ugly duckling, like a printing press, was transformed into a well-behaved goose laying golden eggs.• It's certainly the ugly duckling of the era-until you get to drive one.• But Beryl is an ugly duckling rapidly turning into a beautiful swan ... all through the hard work of recovering mental patients.• However, roses are not swans, and all too often ugly ducklings remain ugly ducklings.

→ ugly duckling at ugly(1)

词汇	ugly duckling
释义	ugly duckling ugly duckling UGLYSUCCESSFULsomeone who is less attractive, successful etc than other people, but who becomes beautiful and successful later 丑小鸭〔指起初不如别人、后来变得出类拔萃之人〕 Examples from the Corpus ugly duckling• The loco is a bit of an ugly duckling.• An ugly duckling, like a printing press, was transformed into a well-behaved goose laying golden eggs.• It's certainly the ugly duckling of the era-until you get to drive one.• But Beryl is an ugly duckling rapidly turning into a beautiful swan ... all through the hard work of recovering mental patients.• However, roses are not swans, and all too often ugly ducklings remain ugly ducklings. → ugly duckling at ugly(1)
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