rise from the ashes

Fig. [for a structure] to be rebuilt after destruction. The entire west section of the city was destroyed and a group of new buildings rose from the ashes in only a few months. Will the city rise again from the ashes? No one knows.

rise from the ashes

Emerge as new from something that has been destroyed, as in A few months after the earthquake large sections of the city had risen from the ashes. This expression alludes to the legendary phoenix, a bird that supposedly rose from the ashes of its funeral pyre with renewed youth.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Gayelord	GAY-lord	English (Rare)
ChloÉ	klo-E	French
RoŽĖ	-	Lithuanian
Affleck	['æflek]
Rusty	RUS-tee	English
Manfredo	-	Italian