burly

Related to burly: hurly burly

big and burly

Large, strong, and imposing in size and stature. I know that Mike looks big and burly, but he's one of the gentlest people I've ever met.
See also: and, big, burly

hurly-burly

A wild and chaotic situation. Boy, it was a real hurly burly in there once the kids started tearing into their Christmas presents.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

hurly burly

A noisy confusion. To hurl is to throw, and “hurly burly” is based on the image of a mob throwing things around chaotically. The phrase appears in the opening scene of Shakespeare's Macbeth when the witches chant, “When shall we three meet again / In thunder, lightning, or in rain? / When the hurlyburly's done, / When the battle's lost and won.”
See also: burly, hurly
Endangered Phrases by Steven D. Price
See also:
  • big and burly
  • husky
  • gentle giant
  • be built like a tank
  • not much for looks
  • a saddle on a sow
  • dusty butt
  • built like a tank
  • chested
  • barrel-chested
References in periodicals archive
"It left me with a lump in my throat and I'm a big, burly bloke.
Shortly a council van arrived with two burly officials aboard, they got out and ambled off, ignoring the two dogs frolicking on the beach.
Andre-Pierre |Gignac is just the sort of burly target man Albion are crying out for
The self-titled book The Burly Man, gives the reader an in-depth look at what it is like to be faced with something so life changing as an incurable disease.
Det Con Paddy Connell said: "The boy is slight in build and was chased and beaten by burly men.
If so, then pity the poor commentator who has to stand on Canal Street and announce that he's waiting for 16 burly men and their cox.
In June, 2005, four burly firefighters in full gear carried St.
Small for his age, Forest is often picked on by his peers, and feels the need to live up to his burly father's image.
The sound of silence may often be a welcome comfort in today's hurly burly world but for David Probert it will spell the end of his livelihood.
The burly man escaped with three gold rings from a shop in Cardiff's University of Wales Hospital.
The Spanish import Bear Cub (TLA, $24.99) revolves mainly around a burly Madrid dentist who has to leave behind his ursine pursuits when he suddenly finds himself raising his young nephew, but this sweet comedy takes a few carnal detours as the DDS finds action at the bathhouse and under the right bridge.
Doohan, who played the burly chief engineer in the original Star Trek TV series and the spin-off films, was 85.
The burly defender, part of the Ireland squad that jetted out to Israel for Saturday's friendly, admitted he owes Keegan a debt of gratitude for standing by him during personal problems two years ago.
James Page's brands included Iron Range, Amber Lager, Burly Brown Ale, Boundary Waters Golden Lager and Voyageur Extra Pale Ale.
And the shocking miracle of food, the rich salty seas of soups, the brawny burly honesty of bread, the cheer of beer, the startling greenness of beans and peas, the hilarious fluorescent orange of carrots, the steaming ears of corn in the shape of summer, the meats that muscle us, the sweet holy perfect water we sip.