| 单词 | with friends like ——, who needs enemies? |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswith friends like ——, who needs enemies? P3. Originally U.S. with friends like ——, who needs enemies? and variants: used to indicate that a supposed friend, supporter, or ally has acted against one's best interests. ΚΠ 1956 Commentary Mar. 290/1 In France..he is regarded as an interpreter and friend of the United States. But..I am reminded of the old phrase, ‘With such a friend, who needs an enemy?’ 1965 NIMLO Municipal Law Rev. 28 511 I was told early this morning by some of my friends, with friends like that who needs enemies ?—[many of you] have a lot of unusual questions. 1968 H. S. Thompson Let. 24 Sept. in Fear & Loathing in Amer. (2000) 128 With friends like you, Dr. [Martin Luther] King didn't need enemies. 1979 C. Osborne W. H. Auden 199 With friends like this, Auden and Isherwood must have thought, who needs enemies? 2006 Times 8 May 26 A man who found a live hand grenade took it to a friend's house to show him... A police spokesman said: ‘With friends like him, who needs enemies?’ < as lemmas |
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