ugly duckling in English

noun
1
a person, especially a child, who turns out to be beautiful or talented against all expectations.
Cosmetic surgery can easily transform an ugly duckling into a beautiful swan, so it is being put to a new use - that is, to create ‘man-made beauty’.

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1. She was a shy, ugly duckling of a child.

2. " I can't understand how this ugly duckling can be one of mine ! "

3. The ugly duckling did not lose heart , however , and kept on making inquiries .

4. In this way , the ugly duckling was able to survive the bitterly cold winter .

5. The ugly duckling is the child of a swan whose egg accidentally rolled into a duck's nest.

6. Following the flight, Moore described the aircraft as being: "on the ground an ugly duckling – in the air, a swift."

7. Description Avanti Anisette cigars are the ugly duckling of the cigar industry, but once you light one up, it becomes a thing of beauty

8. Being a Review of Notes on Conceptualisms by Robert Fitterman and Vanessa Place Notes on Conceptualisms by Robert Fitterman and Vanessa Place Ugly Duckling Presse, 2009 80 pages / $10 buy from UDP

9. Vanessa Place was the first poet to perform in the Whitney Biennial, and has published numerous books of poetry and prose, including Boycott and Notes on Conceptualisms (with Robert Fitterman) from Ugly Duckling Presse

10. The poor ugly duckling was so scared that he lost his appetite , though the old woman kept stuffing him with food and grumbling : " If you won't lay eggs , at least hurry up and get plump ! "

11. Diana Arterian is the author of the chapbooks Death Centos (Ugly Duckling Presse), With Lightness & Darkness and Other Brief Pieces (Essay Press), and co-editor of Among Margins: Critical & Lyrical Writing on Aesthetics (Ricochet)

12. She is author of Dies: A Sentence (Les Figues Press, 2006), La Medusa (Fiction Collective 2, 2008), and Notes on Conceptualisms, co-authored with Robert Fitterman (Ugly Duckling Press, 2009).Her nonfiction book, The Guilt Project: Rape, Morality and Law is forthcoming from Other Press/Random House.

13. Diana Arterian is the author of the poetry collection Playing Monster :: Seiche (1913 Press, 2017), the chapbooks With Lightness & Darkness and Other Brief Pieces (Essay Press, 2017), Death Centos (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2013), and co-editor of Among Margins: Critical & Lyrical Writing on Aesthetics (Ricochet, 2016).

14. Canard nm duck le vilain petit Canard (fig) the ugly duckling → une filiale considérée comme le vilain petit Canard du groupe le Canard boiteux de qch (fig) the lame duck of sth → il s'est rapidement révélé être le Canard boiteux de l'équipe