hale-fellow-well-met



hale-fellow-well-met

Fig. friendly to everyone; falsely friendly to everyone. (Usually said of males.) Yes, he's friendly, sort of hale-fellow-well-met. He's not a very sincere person. Hail-fellow-well-met—you know the type. What a pain he is. Good old Mr. Hail-fellow-well-met. What a phony!

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Veronikavye-rah-NEE-kah (Russian), vee-rah-NEE-kah (Russian), ve-RO-nee-kah (German, Croatian)Russian, Czech, Slovak, German, Hungarian, Bulgarian, Slovene, Croatian, Macedonian, Swedish, Norweg
Akaki-Georgian
Prabodh-Indian, Hindi
Nadira-Arabic
Cvetko-Slovene
Viraj-Indian, Marathi, Gujarati