to rise like a phoenix
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7.4
- idiom
- Literature
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renacer como un fénix
- But that I've risen like a phoenix for a brief few seconds and it will crash horribly so.
- rise like a phoenix from the ashes
And that's where she began to rise like a phoenix from the ashes.
- And that's where she began to rise like a phoenix from the ashes.
Examples
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With hard work and determination, he managed to rise like a phoenix after losing his job.
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Here, artist and art rise like a phoenix from the ashes.
Academic text (2008) -
And that's where she began to rise like a phoenix from the ashes.
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And that's where she began to rise like a phoenix from the ashes.
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I shall rise like a phoenix from the ashes and stand triumphant before the world.
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Reanimated corpses, Businesses that once went bust to rise like a phoenix from the ashes.
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Nevertheless, every time Iran was conquered by one of these great external powers, the nation subsequently rose like a phoenix from the ashes and re-established itself.
Academic text (2003) -
After facing many challenges, she was finally able to rise like a phoenix and start anew.
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The community will rise like a phoenix from the difficulties they have endured.
Synonyms
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8.5
To come back to life after death
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5.7
Come back to life or return to activity after a time away
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5.7
Become successful again after a big loss or disaster
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8.1
To become strong again after serious damage or trouble
To recover successfully after being ruined or failing completely
Antonyms
How Renewed
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- Literature
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7.4
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to recover or emerge renewed' is directly inferable from combining 'rise' with the simile 'like a phoenix', since the phoenix myth explicitly denotes rebirth from ashes. This is a compositional simile that follows common cross-linguistic metaphors of rebirth, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words (including 'phoenix') can readily deduce the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
The idiom rise like a phoenix comes from the old story of a phoenix, a bird that dies in fire and then rises from its own ashes. That's why the phrase means 'to recover' or 'start again' after something very hard.