The Reverend brought away a pretty high opinion of Cholley as a manly young fellow, with stuff in him for a useful citizen; he considered him rather a rough gem, but a gem, nevertheless.

The World Cup is not two months away, and much work is needed to polish this rough gem of a team.

What is most remarkable, and refreshing, about Jamie Thraves's new film (the latest rough gem to be released in the Shooting Gallery's innovative series) is its resolute avoidance of cliché.

In all, twenty-six stones were fashioned from the rough gem, figuring as seven pear shapes, four emerald cuts, thirteen round brilliants and one heart shape.

Larushka Ivan-Zadeh in Metro told readers to "seek out this cliché-confounding, utterly intriguing debut Brit flick", adding that this The Gigolos is a "real rough gem".

They might fritter away the dull, rough gems when they had found them, but the lust of handling diamonds once was the strongest passion they knew.

With record amounts of finished and rough gems already in the pipeline, "diamond sales will remain strong regardless of economic conditions," said Mr. Jaffe, adding that dollar-sales growth may be lower than unit growth.

Not even rough gem.

He waited until she had made another cut on the rough gem, then said unhappily, "Suppose he won't sell?"