Someone or something with potential or talent but lacking training or polish. The idiom refers to the fact that diamonds found in nature are rough and uneven. They must be cut and polished to bring out their true beauty. Also, 'a rough diamond'. A person of exceptional character or potential but lacking some polish and refinement. eg, "Jack is intelligent and trustworthy but lacks manners—he will be as hard to cut as a rough diamond". [Early 1600s]
Whilst we progress through unit 2.1 and the shape of post war Europe, I couldnt resist posting this alternative view of the world, apparently according to America. I'm not sure that this is what the leaders of the Grand Alliance had in mind but...
posted by Nick Dymond @ 11:21
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