rough-and-ready

1. strong, active, and ready for anything. John is not exactly rough-and-ready, but he is a moderately good athlete. Ralph is very rough-and-ready, but his table manners are very bad.

2. Go to rough-and-tumble.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Thales	-	Ancient Greek
Aleksandru	-	Medieval Slavic
Davor	-	Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
Mphatso	MPAH-tso	Southern African, Chewa
Barlow	['ba:ləu]
Avaline	av-ə-LEEN	English (Rare)