At the neighborhood barbecue, everyone gravitated toward Mark, a hail fellow well met who chatted easily with strangers.

At the neighborhood barbecue, he was a hail-fellow-well-met who greeted everyone with a grin.

His hail-fellow-well-met demeanor put newcomers at ease immediately.

At the reunion, the hail-fellows-well-met took over the bar, laughing and clinking glasses.

At the reunion, the hail fellows well met clustered around the buffet, laughing and clinking glasses.

At the reunion, the old hail-fellow-well-mets dominated the conversation with their loud jokes.