rough and ready
US /rʌf ænd ˈrɛdi/
・UK /rʌf ænd ˈredi/
B2
adj. phr.Simple and effective, though lacking refinement or polish.
The shelter was rough and ready but protected us from the rain.
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Elvis Costello 'She'
- She may be the reason I survive, the why and wherefore I'm alive, the one I'll care for through the rough and ready years.
She may be the reason I survive, the why and wherefore I'm alive, the one I'll care for through the rough and ready years.
- The one I'll care for through the rough and ready years
The one I'll care for through the rough and ready years
I was wrong (and so was everyone)
- Many of those firefighters were recruited from being watermen on the River Thames, rough-and-ready ferry workers.
Many of those firefighters were recruited from being watermen on the River Thames, rough-and-ready ferry workers.
- Many of those firefighters were recruited from being watermen on the River Thames, rough-and-ready ferry workers.
Many of those firefighters were recruited from being watermen on the River Thames, rough-and-ready ferry workers.
Did Trump Miscalculate on Iran? with Niall Ferguson
- So my sense is that the United States has taken action with a somewhat rough-and-ready calculus on the economics and the time frame and an insufficient attention to the geopolitical downside risk.
So my sense is that the United States has taken action with a somewhat rough-and-ready calculus on the economics and the time frame and an insufficient attention to the geopolitical downside risk.
- So my sense is that the United States has taken action with a somewhat rough and ready calculus on the economics and the timeframe and an insufficient attention to the geopolitical downside risk.
So my sense is that the United States has taken action with a somewhat rough and ready calculus on the economics and the timeframe and an insufficient attention to the geopolitical downside risk.
Part 1 - Treasure Island Audiobook by Robert Louis Stevenson (Chs 1-6)
- and he had a bluff, rough and ready face, all roughened and redded and lined in his long travels.
and he had a bluff, rough and ready face, all roughened and redded and lined in his long travels.
- rough-and-ready face, all roughened and
rough-and-ready face, all roughened and
How To Find Out If Your Gold is Gold
- These were the days before fancy chemical tests, so they needed a rough-and-ready field test to tell them they'd gotten the good stuff.
These were the days before fancy chemical tests, so they needed a rough-and-ready field test to tell them they'd gotten the good stuff.