hidden gem en · NOUN
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(figuratively) Something possessing a value or beauty that is not immediately apparent, and which therefore has received far less recognition than it deserves.
Ordinary readers would have passed it by unnoticed, but his keen eye saw the hidden gem, and he quickly seized it, and held it up to his delighted hearers.
1902, John Taylor, Reminiscences of Isaac Marsden of Doncaster, C. H. Kelly, page 107:Tucked away in a corner of Les Halles, L'Autobus Impérial is a hidden gem. The rather unattractive entrance does little justice to the superb art nouveau dining room, built in 1910 and boasting a listed glass ceiling.
2012, Time Out Paris, Time Out Guides Ltd, →ISBN, page 187:
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Translations (13)
ru скрытое сокровище (something of value or beauty not immediately apparent) · pt joia escondida (something of value or beauty not immediately apparent) · de Geheimtipp (something of value or beauty not immediately apparent) · es gema oculta (something of value or beauty not immediately apparent) · fr joyau caché (something of value or beauty not immediately apparent) · tr gizli cevher (something of value or beauty not immediately apparent) · es gema escondida (something of value or beauty not immediately apparent) · tl tagong hiyas (something of value or beauty not immediately apparent) · id permata tersembunyi (something of value or beauty not immediately apparent) · ca joia amagada (something of value or beauty not immediately apparent) · sv dold pärla (something of value or beauty not immediately apparent) · tr gizli hazine (something of value or beauty not immediately apparent) · ceb tinagoang hiyas (something of value or beauty not immediately apparent)