fair-weather

adj 2

Definitions

adj

Suitable for use only during fair weather.

Dependable only in the absence of trouble.

Collocations

FAIR-WEATHER + NOUN

friend

ADV.

such

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Idioms & Phrases

fair-weather friend

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

fair-weather fan

A fan who only pays attention to their favorite team when they are performing well.

But, hey, don't get me wrong. I'm not one of those big-mouth, fair-weather fans who sings "Hail to the Redskins" when they're winning and "To Hell With the Redskins" when they're n

Example Bank

Tom is such a fair-weather friend.

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I told Tom that he was a fair-weather friend and he took offence.

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