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Diamond in the rough

Posted by Mark Kelly on January 26, 2005

Hoping someone might tell me if the phrase "diamond in the rough" is better suited for use as a replacement for "rare" or "uncommon", or it is more fitting if used to describe someone not neccesarily uncommon, just unpolised???

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