I am having difficulty finding an English idiom / expression to describe these situations:
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A person who was previously poor then becomes arrogant because she/he is rich now.
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A person who has been helped (because she/he really needs it) but she/he just walks away (and forgetting the person who has helped her/him) after achieving a comfortable state.
Is this appropriate: "A rolling stone gathers no moss"?
My native proverb is: "The nut that forgets its skin"
Best Answer
Such a person can be said to have "forgot where he came from", meaning he's forgotten his humble roots and is acting as if he was born to wealth.