一いち夜や大だい尽じん

noun

rags to riches; overnight millionaire

Idiomatic expression for someone who becomes wealthy very suddenly, often contrasted with 一夜乞食 (overnight beggar).

See also: 一夜乞食

• 彼かれは株かぶで一いち夜や大だい尽じんになった。

  He became an overnight millionaire through stocks.

• 宝たからくじで一いち夜や大だい尽じんになる人ひともいる。

  Some people become rags-to-riches millionaires through the lottery.