rise from the ashes
Meaning: To be reborn or rebuilt after destruction or failure.
Language: English
Literally: (Already vivid in English)
Example: “The old mill town rose from the ashes when the tech startups moved in.”
Category: Nature
Origin: From the myth of the phoenix, the bird that burns and is reborn from its own ashes, told by ancient writers and retold in the Old English poem The Phoenix. The English phrase is in print by the end of the 17th century.
Equivalents in other languages
- French: renaître de ses cendres — literally: to be reborn from its ashes
More idioms — Nature
- shed light on — To help explain something or make it clearer.
- blow a gale — Of the wind: to blow extremely hard.
- throw caution to the wind — To stop being careful and take a risk.
- do a moonlight flit — To leave one's home secretly at night, usually to avoid paying rent or debts.
- in the middle of nowhere — In a very remote place, far from towns.
- out of thin air — Appearing from nowhere, as if by magic.
More English idioms
- one's blood runs cold — To be filled with sudden fear or horror.
- stir up a hornet's nest — To cause a lot of trouble or anger, often by provoking people.
- poke one's nose into — To pry or interfere in matters that do not concern one.
- rot one's brain — To dull one's mind through mindless activity.
- put someone back on their feet — To help someone recover, financially, physically or emotionally.
- go down fighting — To keep struggling until the very end, even when defeat is certain.
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