Probably this is related to questions such as this one
[...] Russians prefer to hint at their feelings instead of describing them. Instead of saying they're excited about new job, they'll say the job is friggin' awesome.
For instance
I'm looking forward to this meeting
might be expressed somehow like
Будет [...] встреча
where the brackets can contain a positive adjectiv of ones choice
However, is there a phrase which is
- more close to the english
looking forward to
- and used quite commonly