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Fair-weather friend

//ˈfɛəˌwɛðə ˈfɹɛnd// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    One who is friendly, helpful, or available only when it is advantageous or convenient to be so. idiomatic

    "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 were only for their ſakes."

Etymology

From fair-weather + friend, drawing an analogy between good weather and trouble-free times.

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