angel's ladder
- noun
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escalera del ángel
- She viewed education as her angel's ladder to a better future.
Examples
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They called perseverance their angel's ladder out of adversity.
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Climbing the angel's ladder takes dedication and hard work.
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Hard work became the angel's ladder that led him to his dreams.
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Many believe that education is the first step on the angel's ladder.
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She viewed education as her angel's ladder to a better future.
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Hard work became the angel's ladder that led him to his dreams.
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They called perseverance their angel's ladder out of adversity.
Synonyms
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3.2
A series of levels people move through to reach higher jobs
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3.5
A series of job levels a person moves up to reach higher positions
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3.6
A way to reach success in work or goals
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3.4
An experience that helps someone make progress toward a goal
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
angel's + ladder
Both constituents give interpretable cues: 'ladder' is commonly used metaphorically for levels or advancement and 'angel' evokes a heavenly or virtuous quality, so a learner who knows both words can infer an upward/advancement sense. However, the exact conventional meaning 'a pathway to success or achievement' is a metaphorical extension and not strictly compositional, so the sense is guessable but not fully predictable without prior exposure.
Etymology
Angel's ladder may come from the image of a ladder that reaches from earth up to angels in heaven. That's why people call something an angel's ladder when it is a helpful 'way up' to 'success' or a better life.