{"id":22410,"date":"2026-06-21T18:11:35","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:11:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/a-rough-diamond-in-everyday-english\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T18:11:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:11:35","slug":"a-rough-diamond-in-everyday-english","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/a-rough-diamond-in-everyday-english\/","title":{"rendered":"A rough diamond in Everyday English"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What is the correct sense of <strong>A rough diamond<\/strong>?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>a good person with an unpolished manner<\/li>\n<li>to enter a place by force<\/li>\n<li>to have no effect or influence<\/li>\n<li>to communicate an idea clearly<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[3210],"subject":[3116],"education_level":[1894],"class_list":["post-22410","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-contextual-meaning","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-grade-8"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>A rough diamond<\/strong> means <strong>a good person with an unpolished manner<\/strong>. It is the correct answer because this expression is used figuratively to describe someone who has valuable qualities though they may seem rough or informal.<\/p><p>Examples:<\/p><ul><li>The new player is <strong>a rough diamond<\/strong> with great talent.<\/li><li>He speaks bluntly, but he is <strong>a rough diamond<\/strong>.<\/li><li>The coach saw <strong>a rough diamond<\/strong> in the shy runner.<\/li><\/ul>","mcq_options":[{"right":"yes","answer":"a good person with an unpolished manner"},{"right":"no","answer":"to enter a place by force"},{"right":"no","answer":"to have no effect or influence"},{"right":"no","answer":"to communicate an idea clearly"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":3116,"title":"Idioms &amp; Phrases","slug":"idioms-phrases"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":3210,"title":"Contextual Meaning","slug":"contextual-meaning"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/22410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mcq"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=22410"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=22410"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=22410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}