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hail-fellow-well-met |
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hail-fellow-well-met adj
genial and familiar, esp in an offensive or ingratiating way a hail-fellow-well-met slap on the back ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Translations hail-fellow-well-met adj → plumpvertraulich; he tries to be hail-fellow-well-met with everyone → er versucht, sich bei allen anzubiedern hail-fellow-well-met [ˈheɪlˌfɛləʊwɛlˈmɛt] adj (pej) → che si prende troppa confidenza hail-fellow-well-met [ˈheɪlˌfɛləʊwɛlˈmɛt] adj (pej) → che si prende troppa confidenza How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| And at first he sings small, and is hail-fellow-well-met with Sheamus -- that's James of the Glens, my chieftain's agent. Down there they talk of the heavenly King - and that is right - but then they go right on speaking as if this was a republic and everybody was on a dead level with everybody else, and privileged to fling his arms around anybody he comes across, and be hail-fellow-well-met with all the elect, from the highest down. |
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