- In everyday language, “rough and ready” is used to signify something that may not be sophisticated or polished, but is practical and can get the job done.
- At first, the rough and ready sailors didn't know what to make of the young priest. He's a bit rough and ready but he knows what he's doing.
- ROUGH AND READY definition: 1. produced quickly, with little preparation 2. simple but good enough: 3. produced quickly, with….
- The idiom “rough and ready” is a commonly used phrase in English that describes something or someone that is not polished, but still gets the job done.
- Rough and Ready Lyrics. [Verse 1] Do you remember fighting with the kids in the backyard? Do you remember tripping at the gigs in the town hall?
- Songs[edit]. "Old Rough and Ready Quickstep", an 1846 song by Charles Grobe. "Rough & Ready", a 1973 country single by Peggy Sue (singer).
- It refers to someone or something that may be unpolished or lacking refinement, similar to the concept of roughness in "rough and ready."
- 1. if you do something in a rough and ready way, you do it quickly and without preparing it carefully I've done a rough and ready translation of the instructions.
- — IEEE Spectrum, 26 June 2023 They're all looked after by their gruff, rough-and-ready sometimes-mama, Raleigh (Laurie Metcalf).
- If something is rough and ready, it has not been carefully prepared, but is fit for its purpose.