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Ugly duckling

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Noun

ugly duckling

  1. A young person who is ugly, but who is expected to become beautiful as they mature
- from the folk/fairy tale of a duckling considered ugly, but which in fact matures into a magnificent swan, far more beautiful than the ducks.

Translations

  • Catalan: aneguet lleig m
    škaredé kačiatko n
  • Spanish: patito feo m
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