| 单词 | foul-weather friend |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfoul-weather friend foul-weather friend n. a friend who can be relied upon during times of adversity; (also depreciative) a person who is friendly or dependable only at such times. Opposed to fair-weather friend. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > [noun] > friend > constant or steadfast friend fast friend1509 foul-weather friend1845 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > unreliability > [noun] > of persons > unreliable person flippera1400 fair-weather friend1685 waffler1805 foul-weather friend1845 1845 League 25 Jan. 277/1 We had heard of ‘fair-weather’ friends, and it might have been said, perhaps, that the League were ‘foul-weather’ friends. 1857 S. V. S. Wilder Seventy-seven Maxims in Rec. from Life (1865) App. 376 Bear in mind, while basking in the sunshine of prosperity, that you cannot prove who are your foul-weather friends, until the storms of adversity shall detach and scatter your fair-weather acquaintances. 1978 A. Adams Listening to Billie xxii. 179 You'd be great if I were bleeding to death; you'd run right over with bandages. But you can't stand for anything good to happen to me. You're a foul-weather friend, Kathleen. 2009 M. Baron When you went Away xxii. 304 I knew right at that moment..that you were the kind of person who others could count on, a great foul-weather friend. < as lemmas |
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