- fair weather friends
- Birds can be soft on themselves or down on themselves, but they are fair weather friends.
English expressions. 2014.
fair weather friends
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Fair Weather Friends — Album par Daedelus Sortie 8 aout 2007 Durée 18:16 Genre Electronique Label Ninja Tune ZEN12201 … Wikipédia en Français
fair-weather friends — friends who cannot be depended on in difficult times … English contemporary dictionary
fair-weather friend — UK US noun [countable] [singular fair weather friend plural fair weather friends] showing disapproval someone who only wants to be your friend when things are going well for you Thesaurus: friends and acquaintances … Useful english dictionary
fair-weather — [fer′weth′ər] adj. 1. suitable only for fair weather 2. helpful, dependable, etc. only in agreeable, easy circumstances [fair weather friends] … English World dictionary
fair-weather — /fair wedh euhr/, adj. 1. used in or intended for fair weather only. 2. weakening or failing in time of trouble: His fair weather friends left him when he lost his money. [1730 40] * * * … Universalium
fair-weather — fair′ weath er adj. 1) used in or intended for fair weather only 2) weakening or failing in time of trouble: His fair weather friends left him when he lost his job[/ex] • Etymology: 1730–40 … From formal English to slang
fair-weather friend — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms fair weather friend : singular fair weather friend plural fair weather friends showing disapproval someone who only wants to be your friend when things are going well for you … English dictionary
(a) fair-weather friend — someone who is only your friend when you are happy and successful. I had a lot of money and I knew a lot of people, but most of them turned out to be fair weather friends … New idioms dictionary
It's Always Fair Weather — Infobox Film name = It s Always Fair Weather image size = 200px caption = director = Gene Kelly Stanley Donen producer = Arthur Freed writer = Betty Comden Adolph Green starring = Gene Kelly Dan Dailey Cyd Charisse Michael Kidd Dolores Gray music … Wikipedia
fair — {{11}}fair (adj.) O.E. fæger beautiful, lovely, pleasant, from P.Gmc. *fagraz (Cf. O.S.fagar, O.N. fagr, O.H.G. fagar beautiful, Goth. fagrs fit ), perhaps from PIE *pek to make pretty (Cf. Lith. puoЕЎiu I decorate ). The meaning in reference to… … Etymology dictionary
