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Definition of diamond in the Idioms Dictionary. diamond phrase. What does diamond expression mean? Definitions by the largest Idiom Dictionary.
1. If you call someone, especially a man a rough diamond, you admire their good qualities, even though they are not very polite or well-educated. Note: A rough diamond is a diamond that has not yet been cut and polished. Marden was the rough diamond of the
diamond cut diamond. A situation in which two equally cunning or devious people spar or interact. Primarily heard in UK. It's always diamond cut diamond when those two schemers get together. See also: cut, diamond. Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2022 Farlex, Inc, all rights reserved.
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diamond in the rough. Fig. a person who has good qualities despite a rough exterior; a person with great potential. Sam looks a little scruffy, but he's a diamond in the rough.He's a diamond in the rough—a little hard to take at times, but very smart and helpful. See also: diamond, rough.
diamond cut diamond. A situation in which two equally cunning or devious people spar or interact. Primarily heard in UK. It's always diamond cut diamond when those two schemers get together. See also: cut, diamond. Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2022 Farlex, Inc, all rights reserved.
Of the finest quality, as in That was a play of the first water. This idiom refers to a grading system for diamonds for their color or luster (compared to the shininess of water). The system is no longer used but the term, used figuratively since the early 1800s, has survived it. See also: first, of, water.
diamond in the rough, a. An individual of intrinsic merit but uncultivated manners. The simile comes from mining, where the uncut, unpolished diamond resembles a hunk of worthless rock but may, after processing, be both beautiful and very valuable.
