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rough around the edges	In need of refinement; unsophisticated.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
rough trot	A series of difficult circumstances.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
diamond in the rough	A person whose goodness or other positive qualities are hidden by a harsh or unremarkable surface appearance.	Rate it: (4.00 / 5 votes)
rough up	To manhandle or beat up.	Rate it: (4.00 / 4 votes)
sleep rough	To sleep outdoors, without a place to go home to.	Rate it: (4.00 / 1 vote)
Diamond in the Rough	Someone or something that has lost charm now, but has immense value and the prospective to be stunning	Rate it: (3.00 / 2 votes)
rough up	To make rough, to roughen.	Rate it: (3.00 / 1 vote)
diamond in the rough	An uncut diamond.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
hit a rough patch	When things are going smoothly for a time, and then a tough time begins.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
rough and ready	Crude or unpolished, but still fit for use; good enough.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
rough out	to produce (a plan, diagram etc.) in rough	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
rough sledding	A difficult period of time.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
rough sleeper	A homeless person.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
taking the rough with the smooth	Définition manquante ou à compléter. …	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
ballpark estimate	A ballpark figure, a very rough approximation.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
Ballpark Figure	To give a rough estimate or an idea of anything	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
third degree	Intensive rough interrogation in order to extract information or a confession.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
back-of-the-envelope	Approximate, rough, simplified, especially of a calculation, estimation or other reasoning.	Rate it: (3.50 / 2 votes)
soft as a baby's bottom	extremely soft (not rough)	Rate it: (3.33 / 6 votes)
mess up	To manhandle; beat up; rough up.	Rate it: (3.00 / 1 vote)
à la guerre comme à la guerre	One must take things as they come; We must take the rough with the smooth.	Rate it: (1.00 / 1 vote)
inconditum dicendi genus (Brut. 69. 242)	a rough, unpolished style.	Rate it: (1.00 / 1 vote)
à gens de village, trompette de bois	Rough tools for rough work.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
average up	to calculate an average or rough figure.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
back-of-the-envelope	Approximate, rough, simplified.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
Bull in a China Shop	An awkward person who actually does not care about the delicate situation, a rough person who comes near the brittle things, an insensitive person who makes people angry with his/her deeds and words to create disturbance in their work or plans	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
caeli asperitas	rough climate.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
carmen inconditum	a rough poem; an extempore effusion.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
dishpan hands	Hands which are rough, reddish, and dry, as from irritation and chafing caused by immersion in hot water mixed with detergent.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
grab at	To grasp, or attempt to grasp, something or somebody, using one's hand, usually in a rough or rude manner.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
il faut prendre le bénéfice avec les charges	One must take the rough with the smooth.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
it is all fun and games until someone loses an eye	Rough play results in injury.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
jeu de mains, jeu de vilains	1. Horse-play is not gentlemanly. 2. Rough play often ends in tears.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
like a bull in a china shop	Boisterous, awkward, rough, disrespectful, careless. :	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
loca aspera et montuosa (Planc. 9. 22)	rough and hilly ground.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
play hardball	To act rough and ruthless, especially in politics or business.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
roughen up	to make something rough or rougher	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
sauter à pieds joints sur quelqu'un	(fig.) To ride rough-shod over any one.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
scream	A form of singing associated with the metal and screamo styles of music. It is a loud, rough, distorted version of the voice; rather than the normal voice of the singer.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)