How to Pronounce "like a phoenix from the ashes"
expression
LYKE uh FEE-niks frum thee ASH-iz
LYKE uh FEE-niks from thee ASH-iz
Definition
This expression describes someone or something that recovers or is reborn after complete destruction or failure, just like the mythical phoenix rises again from its own ashes.
IPA Transcription
American English
ˈɫaɪk/ /ˈeɪ/, /ə/ /ˈfinɪks/ /ˈfɹəm/ /ˈðə/, /ðə/, /ði/ /ˈæʃəz/, /ˈæʃɪz
British English
lˈaɪk/ /æɪ/ /fˈiːnɪks/ /fɹˈɒm/ /ðə, ði/ /ˈæʃɪz
Simplified Pronunciation
US
LYKE uh FEE-niks frum thee ASH-iz
UK
LYKE uh FEE-niks from thee ASH-iz
Listen in Context
After losing everything, she started her life again like a phoenix from the ashes.
The city was rebuilt like a phoenix from the ashes after the earthquake.
His career came back like a phoenix from the ashes.
Nobody expected the store to reopen, but it came back like a phoenix from the ashes!