rough and ready | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic,oftenhyphenatedwhen placed immediately before the modified noun)Crudeorunpolished, but stillfitfor use; good enough.1849,James Fenimore Cooper, chapter 15, inThe Sea Lions:[A] dozen Americans could, at any time, construct a house, the ‘rough and ready’ habits of the people usually teaching them, in a rude way, a good deal of a great many other arts, besides this of the carpenter.1873–1884(date written),Samuel Butler, chapter LXV, inR[ichard] A[lexander] Streatfeild, editor,The Way of All Flesh, London:Grant Richards, published1903,→OCLC,page291:There was arough and readyrule-of-thumb test of truth[…]1996December 4, Roderick Conway Morris, “10 Years of Enlightenment: An Unusual Orchestra Celebrates”, inNew York Times, retrieved4 June 2014:"Things were a lot morerough and ready, but there was a kind of raw beauty about it."2004November 8,Michael D. Lemonick, Bryan Walsh, “How We Grew So Big”, inTime, retrieved4 June 2014:Doctors define overweight and obesity by arough-and-readymeasurement called the body mass index (BMI).

Examples:

EN: - Fit, rough and ready, but...
ES: - En forma, duro y preparado, pero...
EN: You look like first-class material- a rough and ready bunch of youngsters who aren't afraid to go in there and fight.
ES: Ustedes parecen material de primera: un grupo de jóvenes improvisados que no temen pelear.
EN: Well, I haven't found it difficult to endure rough and ready soldiers for the past eight weeks.
ES: -Y sin Carson. -No ha sido difícil aguantarles.
EN: And if you can endure the contact with rough and ready soldiers for another three months,
ES: Le estamos muy agradecidos.
EN: My associates are rather rough and ready, and their peculiar skill is a constant source of astonishment.
ES: "Mis colegas son bastante duros,..." "...pero su habilidad es una fuente constante de asombro".
EN: Well, it's rough and ready, Jezzard, but it'll serve.
ES: Esto es algo improvisado, pero servirá.
EN: Mr Pond, for the past six days we have been living together with a fairish measure of rough and ready harmony.
ES: Sr. Pond, durante estos últimos seis días hemos estado conviviendo juntos con unas medidas razonables en una armonía dura y complicada.
EN: Saw her legs first - those beautiful, long legs. So I make kind of a rough and ready approach.
ES: Lo primero que vi fue sus piernas, sus preciosas y largas piernas, así que me acerqué sin pensarlo.
EN: = Knew what to do =A rough and ready feller
ES: Sabía qué hacer Agitado y dispuesto
EN: And if all the outlaws we have to accept... are as rough and ready as that... we'll gladly join our governor in his polices. Right?
ES: Y si todos los forajidos que tenemos aceptar... son tan rudos y listos como ese... con gusto nos uniremos a nuestro gobernador en sus políticas. ¿Verdad?
EN: A man who's rough and ready...
ES: Hombre desnudo y crudo.
EN: Their methods were rough and ready.
ES: Sus métodos eran ásperas y listo.
EN: He may be a bit rough and ready, but treat him right, I say, and there's a hard day's work in him yet.
ES: Quizá sea un poco tosco, pero trátenlo bien y aun podrán hacer que trabaje duro.
EN: It's a bit rough and ready at the moment.
ES: Es un poco difícil y duro ahora.
EN: Sorry if it's a bit rough and ready, but it's only used in emergencies.
ES: Perdón si es un rancho horrible, pero se utiliza sólo de emergencia.

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