could be a nice way to say a person is rugged, or unkept, sloppy, but in the same breathe has potential
Mostly in etiquette. A politician may be rough around the edges if he isn't socially elegant.
This simply means a person has potential, but still need a bit of refinement. The core is promising, but the outer crust needs to be polished a bit.
Rough Edges was created in 1970.
exhausted, imagine beating something rough until it has softened. It expresses the similarity.
I'm a kiwi fruit.
Yes, he is a little rough around the edges but has a big heart.
the fracture of gold would be smooth kind of rough around the edges
A belt sander is the name for a machine used for removing rough edges.
sand paper
Deburring.
That is the spelling of the noun "course" meaning a path or pathway, as in plotting a course, playing a golf course, or a course of action. The homophone is the adjective "coarse" meaning rough, not smooth, or unpolished. The idiom "course close to my heart" is not a standard idiom. Perhaps the word sought is "source" (an origin or beginning point).
a fracture.
streak