an ugly duckling

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an ugly duckling

someone or something that is ugly and not successful when they are young or new, but which develops into something beautiful and successful The most successful company was last year's ugly duckling.

See also: ugly

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Byline: ANI New Delhi, Nov 16 (ANI): American singer Nicole Scherzinger has revealed that she grew up thinking she was an ugly duckling. Nicole Scherzinger always thought she was an ugly duckling by Asian News International There once was an ugly duckling with feathers all stubby and brown. Entrepreneurialism ? A Duck by Any Different Color by Scott Lindsay / Computers and Internet community The famous Hans Christian Anderson tale, which tells the story of how an ugly duckling grows into a beautiful swan, was adapted by writer Anthony Drewe and musician George Stiles. Honk if you get message by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)			an educated guess an ego trip an embarrassment of riches an éminence grise An empty sack cannot stand upright an end in itself an enfant terrible An Englishman's home is his castle an even break An eye for an eye an Indian summer an inside job an iron fist in a velvet glove an iron man an ivory tower an old chestnut an old flame an old hand an old head on young shoulders an old maid an old wives' tale an open book an open marriage an open sesame an own goal an ugly duckling an Uncle Tom an unknown quantity an uphill battle ancient history and and a half and all that jazz and change and hang the cost and how And how! and no messing and one for luck and so forth and that's a fact and then some and this and that and those and to spare angel anger angle angle for angle off angry			an shen An Shi Rebellion An sich An sich An Srath Bán An Srath Bán AN SSSR An t-Eilean Sgitheanach An t-Údarás um Chosaint Iascaigh Mhara An Taoiseach An Taoiseach An Teallach Mountaineering Club An Teanga Mharthanach An tInbhear Mór an to be reckoned an to be reckoned an to end all an to end all an to end all an to end all an to reckon an to reckon An tOireachtas An tóraighe An Transactivation Function 2 AN Tupolev an turn of phrase an turn of phrase an turn of phrase An Uaimh an ugly duckling an Uncle Tom An Unearthly Child an unknown quantity An Unusual Political Alliance An Unusual Political Alliance an uphill battle an uphill fight an uphill job an uphill struggle an uphill task An X Editor An XMM An Yang An Yang An Yu AN ZSSR an' an' an' an' an' An't an- an- AN-BP An-ch'ing An-ch'ing An-hui An-hui An-hwei

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