'This must be the oddest rags-to-riches tale I'm ever going to hear.'

The series storyline dealt with a rags-to-riches tale of an Irish immigrant family during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Joe Frazier's story is a typical rags-to-riches tale of boxing success.

His rags-to-riches tale has been worn smooth, but he knows it's a good story, and nothing else quite conveys his exceptional pluck.

Mr. Ebbers's defense rests in part on his rags-to-riches tale.

I propose a rags-to-riches tale about "Mindy," a plucky and beautiful girl from rural China.

These are rags-to-riches tales and those, too, of the common man struggling through adversity to marry a Sultan's daughter.

And what did he learn from this international rags-to-riches tale?

We think of the Horatio Alger stories as rags-to-riches tales.

The history of Israel Sack Inc. is a rags-to-riches tale.