fair weather friend
fair weather friend is the alternative form of fair-weather friend.
Meaning of fair-weather friend
Noun
fair-weather friend (plural fair-weather friends)
- One who is friendly, helpful, or available only when it is advantageous or convenient to be so.
- My Fair-weather Friends of the Summer are going away for London, and I ſhall ſee them and the butterflies together, if I live till next Year; which I would not deſire to do, if it were only for their ſakes.1730 October 1, [Alexander] Pope, “Letters of Mr. Pope to Mr. Gay. From 1712. to 1730.”, in Letters of Mr. Pope, and Several Eminent Persons. From the Year 1705. to 1735. N.B. This Edition Contains...
Forms of fair weather friend
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Questions about fair weather friend
- What is fair weather friend the alternative form of?
- Fair weather friend is the alternative form of fair-weather friend.
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