DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH & SHOE (BOOT) IS ON THE OTHER FOOT:

From Sampath’s Desk:

DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH & SHOE (BOOT) IS ON THE OTHER FOOT:

 

DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH:

 

Meaning:

 

One having exceptional qualities or potential but lacking refinement or polish (the idiom is a compliment) – someone or something with ability, skill, and talent but lacking training – The idiom refers to the fact that diamonds found in nature are rough and uneven. They must be cut and polished to bring out their true beauty.

 

A person who has talent or other good qualities but who is not polite, educated, socially skilled, etc., and who needs intervention to make him/her become strong in their area of interest, and stand out from the crowd.

 

Something that is in poor condition but that is likely to become valuable with appropriate care or attention.

 

Example sentences:

 

Her singing voice is beautiful, but she needs help with her gestures.; now she is a DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH.

 

I was once a DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH, but you saw me shine in Tennis in which I had fervour but needed flair, skill and talent.

 

We see it as a DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH, a turnaround opportunity people unfortunately missed to notice.

 

The company preferred to take chances with ‘X’ who they see as a DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH in the hope of shaping him up well to suit their requirement of marketing and sales initiatives given his intelligence, acumen, aptitude, and potential.

 

In fact, that film is one of the DIAMONDS IN THE ROUGH – a wonderful gem that none noticed.

 

Though the man I introduced to you last night looks somewhat crude and rough, he is in fact a DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH.

 

 

SHOE (BOOT) IS ON THE OTHER FOOT:

 

Meaning:

 

The situation is now the opposite of what it was especially because someone who was weak now has power – one is experiencing the same (often bad) things that one caused another person to experience once – the situation is that the circumstances have been reversed and an unequal relationship has been inverted – the term is used for saying that a person is now in the same situation that another was in before – roles of two persons have now reversed in that the advantage has shifted to a party that was previously in a disadvantageous position.

 

Example sentences:

 

When the policeman was arrested, he learned what it was like to have the SHOE ON THE OTHER FOOT.

 

Now the SHOE IS ON THE OTHER FOOT. He is making lots of money and the rest of us are just barely making enough to feed the families.

 

Better mind your own business. For, the SHOE IS ON THE OTHER FOOT now.

 

After decades of passing laws governing the safety of the workplace, the present opposition party that was once in power now finds that the SHOE IS ON THE OTHER FOOT.

 

The situation is now the opposite of what it was once. Someone who was weak earlier is in power. The SHOE IS ON THE OTHER FOOT.

 

I used to boss my little sister around. Now the SHOE IS ON THE OTHER FOOT. She bosses me around.

 

The SHOE IS ON THE OTHER FOOT, and he is the one asking for help this time.

  

Proverb:

 

செருப்பின் அருமை வெயிலில் தெரியும் நெருப்பின் அருமை குளிரில் தெரியும்.

The value of shoes is appreciated when the sun is hot, the value of fire is known when the weather is cold.

  

(R.SAMPATH)

10/8/2021