| 词汇 | hale |
| 释义 | hale ⇨ Hale and Pace; halenoun the face. Rhyming slang, from comedy double act Gareth Hale and Norman Pace UK, 2002hail-fellow-well-metVery friendly, often obnoxiously or disingenuously so. I don't think George is as nice as he seems—he just strikes me as hail-fellow-well-met. hale and heartyHealthy. It's true that she was in the hospital a few weeks ago, but she's hale and hearty now. hale and heartyCliché healthy. The young infant was hale and hearty. The calf—hale and hearty—ran around the barnyard. hale-fellow-well-metFig. 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! hale and heartyIn robust good health, as in After her long bout with pneumonia, I was glad to see her hale and hearty. This redundant expression, since both hale and hearty here mean "healthy," probably survives owing to its pleasing alliteration. [Mid-1800s] hail-fellow-well-metshowing excessive familiarity. 1979 Steven Levenkron The Best Little Girl in the World Harold was accustomed to hail-fellow-well-met salesmen and deferential secretaries and even irate accountants. hale and ˈhearty(especially of old people) strong and healthy: She was still hale and hearty in her nineties.hale and heartyHealthy and vigorous. This term, which dates from the mid-nineteenth century, is redundant, since hale and hearty both mean “healthy.” It survived, no doubt, because of its pleasing alliteration. Thomas Hardy used it in The Dynasts (1903): “We be the King’s men, hale and hearty.” |
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