Ready Rough And Eager To Please -

Here is a piece on that phrase. The foreman didn't look up from his clipboard. "Experience?"

"No, sir."

"Show up at five. Bring water. Don't whine." ready rough and eager to please

And by lunch, the trench was four feet deeper. Here is a piece on that phrase

That got the foreman's attention. He chewed the end of his pen, scanning the kid from boots to cap. The boy stood with his weight forward, knuckles scabbed, jaw set. Not scared. Not cocky either. Just there , vibrating slightly, like a fence post the wind has just stopped shaking. ready rough and eager to please