ruley

ruley

slang Having an onerous amount of rules. The game can get a bit ruley—there are so many restrictions regarding what you can and can't do—but it's really fun once you get the hang of it. Everyone thought the teacher was too ruley, but I appreciated how calm and orderly her classes always were.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

ruley

mod. ideal; excellent. (see also rule.) Her idea is ruley! She knows what we ought to do!
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • Asia
  • never fight a land war in Asia
  • never start a land war in Asia
  • go hang yourself
  • gain ground against (something)
  • strike a bargain
  • strike a bargain/deal
  • hawks and doves
  • balance the books
  • cautiously optimistic
References in periodicals archive
Ruley, 45, of Chester, was arrested May 24 by Chester police and charged with resisting a peace officer.
020-056-18, 11 pp.) (Louis Bledsoe III, C.J.) Charles Coble, Robert King III, Benjamin Norman, Jeffrey Oleynik, Andrew Rodenbough, Richard Wolff, John Wolff III and Virginia McLin for plaintiffs; Michael Medford, Judson Welborn, Natalie Rice, Jessica Vickers, Mark Leitner, Joseph Goode, Jessica Farley, Sarah Thomas Pagels, John Halpin, Andrew Freeman and Alan Ruley for defendants.
Lowe, S.W., Ruley, H.E., Jacks, T., Housman, D.E., 1993.
Christopher Ruley, 22, of Lawrence, charged with driving without a license, dismissed, $100 costs; and vehicle equipment violation, found not responsible.
SCOTT, R.E.; WHITE-GRINDLEY, E.; RULEY, H.E.; ET AL.
(16.) Clayton Ruley, A Talk with Natashia Euler on the Kensington Welfare Rights Union, GEOCLAN, http://www.geoclan.com/community/articles/O6/ATalkwithNatas hiaEuleronTheKensingtonWelfareRightsUnion.htm (last visited Apr.
Rajmil, L., Serra-Sutton, V., Alonso, J., Starfield, B., Ruley, A.
The new group operates under the Airband Communications name and is headquartered in Dallas with Michael Ruley, former CEO of Sparkplug, serving as chief executive.
Michael Ruley, the former CEO of Sparkplug, becomes CEO of Airband, while Tim Kinnear, the former CEO of Airband, stays on as CFO, it said.
We thank Mary Hoard, Casey Ruley, Alissa Renfro, Jamie Parkin, and Jon Decker for their help with data collection and data entry.
Cobra importancia la interaccion de las cargas internas de P procedentes de los sedimentos, dado que esta influye en el tiempo de respuesta del proceso de restauracion (Seo, 1999; Ruley and Rusch, 2004; Schauser et al., 2004; Kohler et al., 2005; Malmaeus y Rydin, 2006).
David Lyle, Ryan Matura, Annie Michaels, Patrick Midgley, Nicholas Monin, Michael Nienaber, Adam Osborne, Megan Prichard, Anna Ruley, Gabe Schrager, Ben Schwan, James Sharp, Erik Shilling, Fallon M.
frequent algal blooms and fish kill (Ruley & Rusch, 2002).
The other inductees were North Carolina coach Sylvia Hatchell, North Dakota State coach Amy Ruley, former USA Basketball executive director Bill Wall, retired Kansas coach Marian Washington and eight-time AAU all-American Lurlyne Greer Rogers.
Michael Ruley serves as president and CEO of NextiraOne.