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rise from the ashes
Idioms and Phrases
Emerge as new from something that has been destroyed, as in A few months after the earthquake large sections of the city had risen from the ashes . This expression alludes to the legendary phoenix, a bird that supposedly rose from the ashes of its funeral pyre with renewed youth.Example Sentences
Whether Fyre Festival 2 will rise from the ashes of its predecessor or face the same viral firestorm remains to be seen.
Trump believes that in their absence, an idyllic, American-owned "Riviera of the Middle East" will rise from the ashes, providing thousands of jobs, opportunities for investment and, ultimately, a place for "the world's people to live".
“DEI is not a threat, it's a gift. And the more voices, the more powerful the sound. When destructive forces try to burn us down, we rise from the ashes like a phoenix, and as you see tonight, music is the unstoppable language that connects us all.â€
“We will rise from the ashes stronger than ever,†said Bishop Charles Dorsey of the Lifeline Fellowship Christian Center.
"We hope that in the near future we will be able to 'rise from the ashes' in a completely digital form," the statement said.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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