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Old 29-Aug-2007, 08:26
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Default Re: Animal idioms

hi,

ugly duckling = a person or thing that at first does not seem attractive or likely to succed but that later becomes successful or much admired.

eg. He's got the looks of a film star now, but he was a real ugly duckling as a child.

ugly duckling:

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