acompanywithvaluableassetsthatinvestors,possiblebuyers, etc. do notrecognizeasvaluable:Thehotelwas asleepingbeauty, because thepropertyitself was soundervalued.(Definition ofsleeping beautyfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary? Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofsleeping beauty
sleeping beautyLet me see, what did thesleepingbeautysay?FromProject GutenbergThey all knew the story of the princess who was spinning when her wicked godmother cast a spell and transformed her into asleepingbeauty.FromProject GutenbergHe heard the story of the castle and itssleepingbeauty.FromProject GutenbergThe story of thesleepingbeautyis an allegory with a very real meaning.FromProject GutenbergThe glare of light from the open window, shining through the open door into the adjoining bedchamber of thesleepingbeauty, awakened her.FromProject GutenbergAs he did so thesleepingbeautyopened her eyes.FromProject GutenbergSleepingbeautyand other stories.FromProject GutenbergAdvancing slowly to the bed-side, for a minute she stands contemplating thesleepingbeautybefore her.FromProject GutenbergThese spores or cysts rest, like thesleepingbeautyin the forest, until a drop of water falls upon them and awakens them into life.FromProject GutenbergA clock and two vases are introduced, and a picture over the mirror representing asleepingbeautywith a cupid.FromProject GutenbergThis was the palace of thesleepingbeautyto which he had penetrated.FromProject GutenbergLike the prince in the nursery tale, he sought and found thesleepingbeautywithin the recesses which had so long concealed her from mankind.FromProject GutenbergThen she looked up at him inquiringly, and pointed at thesleepingbeauty.FromProject GutenbergThe sleeping day like asleepingbeauty, aglow with her morning dreams, is already red, and must soon open its eye.FromProject GutenbergSleepingbeautyin the wood.FromProject GutenbergThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/sleeping-beauty##
