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diamond in the rough
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diamond in the rough
acceptable person, capital fellow, crude, diamond, gem, gentleman, good fellow, good lot, good man, good person, good sort, good woman, honest man, jewel, lady, mensch, ore, pearl, perfect gentleman, perfect lady, persona grata, prince, raw material, real man, rich ore, rich vein, right sort, rough diamond, unanalyzed mass, unlicked cub, virgin soil, worthyROGET THESAURUS
diamond in the rough
Good Man
N good man, honest man, worthy, good woman, perfect lady, Madonna, model, paragon, good example, hero, heroine, demigod, seraph, angel, innocent, saint, benefactor, philanthropist, Aristides, noble liver, pattern, brick, trump, gem, jewel, good fellow, prince, diamond in the rough, rough diamond, ugly duckling, salt of the earth, one in ten thousand, one in a million, a gentleman and a scholar, pillar of society, pillar of the community, a man among men, si sic omnes!.For further exploring for "diamond in the rough" in Webster Dictionary Online