#idiomatic expression

April, sweet sleeping!

Видимо-невидимо - Russian idiomatic expression; a lot, by thousands, very large amount, innumerable.

Literally, видимо-невидимо is "seeable - unseeable", meaning that the amount of something is so large, that it is more that one can see with bare eyes.

AVOIR LES PIEDS SUR TERRE

literal translation: to have your feet on the ground meaning: to be realistic

TOURNER SEPT FOIS SA LANGUE DANS SA BOUCHE

literal translation: to turn your tongue seven times in your mouth meaning: to think before speaking

ETRE TOUJOURS DANS LA LUNE

literal translation: to always be on the moon meaning: to be a dreamer

AVOIR UNE ARAIGNÉE AU PLAFOND

literal translation: to have a spider on the ceiling meaning: to be a bit crazy

JETER DE L’HUILE SUR LE FEU

literal translation: to throw oil into the fire meaning: to feed a conflict

CASSER DU SUCRE SUR LE DOS DES GENS

literal translation: to break sugar into the back of people meaning: to speak badly of someone in their absence

ÊTRE SENS DESSUS DESSOUS

literal translation: to be upside down meaning: to be overwhelmed

METTRE LES PIEDS DANS LE PLAT

literal translation: to put your legs in the dish  meaning: to speak without  discernment

More in the links below.

Hello, Hi, Hey = - Ciao (to someone we know or some younger/same age people - very informal); - Salve (to someone we don’t know well/older than us - more formal) - Buongiorno or Buonasera are used as formal too or just to be funny with someone you know or when you wake up, to say hi to your parents. 

Hello? (phone) = Pronto?, Sì?

Good morning = Buongiorno (Buona giornata = Have a nice day, used throughout the day) Good afternoon = Buon pomeriggio (not very used: we tend to use buongiorno until 4/5 pm, and then start with buonasera until after dinner - or more easily, use salve/ciao the whole day - X )  Good evening = Buonasera (Buona serata = Have a nice evening, used in late afternoon/evening) Good night = Buonanotte

How are you ? = Come stai? How do you do, How are you doing, What’s up, What’s going on, How is it going, How are things ? = Com’è? (slang), Che fai?, Che combini?, Come va? How’s life? = Come va la vita? What’s new? = Novità?, Ci sono novità?

It’s nice/I’m happy to meet you = Piacere/felice di conoscerti/di fare la tua conoscenza (formal:  Piacere/felice di conoscerLA/di fare la SUA conoscenza) Good to see you (again) = È bello (ri)vederti, Sono felice di (ri)vederti (formal: rivederLA) Long time no see! = È da un po’ che non ci si vede/becca! (beccarsi* = to meet up with sb, to see sb; colloquial/slang, very informal) e.g.: Ieri ho beccato Luisa al mercato! = Yesterday I met up with Luisa at the market!

----> Some more greetings can be found here  | arrivederci VS arriverderla | Some of these + other can be found in yesterday post 

On a side note, that has nothing to do with greetings: *Beccarsi can be used also with these acceptions: