Dictionary of American idioms

HALEFELLOWWELLMET

hale-fellow-well-met: translation

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!