quick-and-dirty
Done or constructed in a hasty, approximate, temporarily adequate manner, but not…Done or constructed in a hasty, approximate, temporarily adequate manner, but not exact, fully formed, or reliable for a long period of time.
Meaning
1 senses(idiomatic)Done or constructed in a hasty, approximate, temporarily adequate manner, but not exact, fully formed, or reliable for a long period of time.
I can do a quick-and-dirty market analysis in time for the meeting tomorrow.
на скорую рукуna skoruju ruku, на коленкеna kolenke, грубыйgrubyj
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
The Oxford English Dictionary shows the first usage of this phrase in 1896 in the Boston GThe Oxford English Dictionary shows the first usage of this phrase in 1896 in the Boston Globe to describe a place to eat. The first use meaning "slipshod" was from 1939 in the gun-slinging, American Western fiction paperback, "Bounty Guns" by Luke Short.
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Forms
more quick-and-dirty, most quick-and-dirty| Comparative | more quick-and-dirty Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most quick-and-dirty Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
1 synonymsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form