idiomatic or normal use of words
I don't know the meaning of this spanish phrase " es hija de una innoble ambición"
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I don't see anything idiomatic about it. It may be somewhat flowery, literary language, but all of the words are easily translatable into English and make sense. That's why I say it isn't idiomatic.
She is a daughter of ignoble (despicable, shameful, dishonorable) ambition.
Don't sweat the fact that the English has one "a" where the Spanish doesn't and doesn't have one where the Spanish does. This is just typical of English vs. Spanish usage and isn't enough - by a long shot - to make a phrase or sentence idiomatic.
Such a thing could be said about a young woman who was planning to become a madam or a major drug queen. Of course daughter is not always used literally in either Spanish or English - (the young woman wouldn't have to be your actual daughter.)
There are many other ways such a sentence could be used as well. Perhaps she was born to parents who had a child born from a relationship involving such ambition either on the part of the father, the mother or both. Perhaps she grew up in a household filled with such ambition.
My main point is that I don't see it as idiomatic which was what I think you really wanted to know.
Hope this helps.
