Idiom
rough and ready
Meaning
Crude or unpolished, but still fit for use; good enough.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The shelter is rough and ready, but it keeps us dry.”
“We built a rough and ready table from spare wood so we could eat dinner outside.”
“Although the translation was rough and ready, it provided enough clarity for the travelers to understand the local instructions.”
Examples
simple
“The shelter is rough and ready, but it keeps us dry.”
contextual
“We built a rough and ready table from spare wood so we could eat dinner outside.”
complex
“Although the translation was rough and ready, it provided enough clarity for the travelers to understand the local instructions.”
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