rough diamond
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]rough diamond (plural rough diamonds)
- Synonym of diamond in the rough
- 2023 December 31, Agnès Poirier, “Evoking genius to defend ‘dark stars’ like Gérard Depardieu looks very French – and it is”, in The Observer[1], →ISSN:
- Depardieu will always remain in France’s collective imagination as a rough diamond, saved from a life of delinquency by the power of the French language and the great texts of literature and theatre.