Home • D • Diamond in the rough

Diamond in the rough

A good person or thing that is hidden by a rough exterior.

The man is a diamond in the rough and a very gentle person.

Related Idioms

Take the rough with the smooth

Don’t expect your road through life to be always easy. Accept bad times philosophically. Read more →

Diamond cut diamond

This is more usual than ‘Diamond cuts diamond’. Diamond is the hardest substance known; a... Read more →