a diamond in the rough

基本解釋

And who knows, you might even uncover a diamond in the rough.
誰知道呢，你可能甚至?xí)趤y石碎礫中找到鉆石。
He was new and a diamond in the rough, but I saw potential in him.
他是新手，一顆未經(jīng)琢磨的鉆石，但我在他身上看到潛力。
The boss looks ill-tempered, but he is in fact a diamond in the rough.
老板看上去脾氣暴躁，其實(shí)可是個(gè)脾氣壞良心好的人。

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