R
Idioms beginning with "R"
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[rotten egg] {n.}, {informal}
A person whose character or way of acting is not good.
His friends have all learned he is a rotten egg.
Often used by children in fun, as of someone who is slow in doing something.
* /The boys ran to the river to go […]
[rotten to the core] {adj. phr.}
1. Thoroughly decayed or spoiled.
This apple is inedible; it is brown and soft and rotten to the core.
2. In total moral collapse.
The Communist government of Cuba is rotten to the core.
[rough-and-ready] {adj.}
1. Not finished in detail; not perfected; rough but ready for use now.
We asked Mr. Brown how long it would take to drive to Chicago and his rough-and-ready answer was two days.
2. Not having nice manners but full of […]
[rough-and-tumble]
1. {n.}
Very rough, hard fighting or arguing that does not follow any rules.
There was a rough-and-tumble on the street last night between some soldiers and sailors.
Many people don't like the rough-and-tumble of politics.
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[roughhouse] {n.}
Riotous play or commotion.
? told the boys they can play in the attic if there is no roughhouse.
[roughhouse] {v.}
To play very wildly; be running around as young boys usually do.
"Stop roughhousing this minute," Grandma cried. "Your father will be home soon."
[rough it] {v. phr.}
To live like primitive people; live with little of the comfort and equipment of civilization.
Scouts like to rough it in the woods on weekend hikes.