rough diamond

Someone or something that is unrefined but has many exceptional aspects or underlying potential. Primarily heard in UK, Australia. The young actor was a rough diamond. With some training, she'd become a superstar.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Sparrow	SPAR-o	English (Rare)
Bartholomaios	-	Biblical Greek
Reinier	rie-NEER	Dutch
NataŠA	-	Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Macedonian
NadİRe	-	Turkish
Rodrigo	ro-DREE-go (Spanish, Italian), roo-DREE-goo (Portuguese)	Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Galician