rough diamond

English

Noun

rough diamond (plural rough diamonds)

1. 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.