hail Идиома

hail a cab

wave your hand to stop a cab, flag a cab We missed the bus, so we hailed a cab.

within hailing distance

Idiom(s): within hailing distance AND within calling distance

Theme: PROXIMITY

close enough to hear someone call out.
• When the boat came within hailing distance, I asked if I could borrow some gasoline.
• We weren't within calling distance, so I couldn't hear what you said to me.

hail-fellow-well-met

Idiom(s): hail-fellow-well-met

Theme: PEOPLE - NEGATIVE

friendly to everyone; falsely friendly to everyone. (Usually said of males.)
• Yes, he's friendly, sort of hail-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!

hail from somewhere

Idiom(s): hail from somewhere

Theme: LOCATION - ORIGIN

[for someone] to come originally from somewhere.
• I'm from Kansas. Where do you hail from?
• I hail from the Southwest.

hail from|hail

v., informal To have your home in; come from; be from; especially, to have been born and raised in. Mrs. Gardner hails from Mississippi. Mr. Brown and Mr. White are old friends because they both hail from the same town.

hail-fellow-well-met|hail

hail-fellow-well-met¹ adj. phr. Talking easily and in a friendly way to everyone you meet. John won the election as class president because he was hail-fellow-well-met.
hail-fellow-well-met² n. phr. A good friend and companion; buddy; pal. John just moved to town but he and the boys in the neighborhood are already hail-fellows-well-met.

within call|call|hail|within|within hail

adv. phr. 1. Near enough to hear each other's voices. When the two ships were within hail, their officers exchanged messages. Billy's mother told him to stay within call because supper was nearly ready. 2. In a place where you can be reached by phone, radio, or TV and be called. The sick man was very low and the doctor stayed within call. The soldiers were allowed to leave the base by day, but had to stay within call.

hail

hail
In addition to the idiom beginning with hail, also see within call.

hail from

hail from
Come from, originate from, as in He hails from Oklahoma. This term originally referred to the port from which a ship had sailed. [Mid-1800s]