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fair-weather friend |
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fair-weather friend Fig. someone who is your friend only when things are pleasant or going well for you. Bill stayed for lunch but he wouldn't help me with the yard work. He's just a fair-weather friend. A fair-weather friend isn't much help in an emergency. See also: friend How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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But experts said politicians, of all people, should be accustomed to having fair-weather friends. Shame on the Frenchies, Germans, Russians and other fair-weather friends who opposed our retribution on Saddam for the 9-11 terror atrocities Or perhaps some of liberty's fair-weather friends are fickle pals of federalism as well. |
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