玉たまの輿こしに乗のる

expression, godan verb (-ru)

marry into wealth or status

Idiomatic expression for a woman marrying a man of much higher social or financial standing, often implying a Cinderella-like rise. The image is of riding in a jeweled palanquin.

• 彼かの女じょは玉たまの輿こしに乗のって、大だい企き業ぎょうの社しゃ長ちょう夫ふ人じんになった。

  She married into money and became the wife of a large company president.

• 玉たまの輿こしに乗のることを夢ゆめ見みる女じょ性せいは少すくなくない。

  Not a few women dream of marrying into wealth.