English Dictionary

fair-weather friend

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈfɛəˌwɛðə ˈfɹɛnd/

名詞

慣用表現

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

日本語の意味

都合の良い時だけつきあう友達（利益がある場合にしか親しくならない人） / 良い時だけ支えてくれる友人

I learned she was a fair-weather friend when she disappeared as soon as my problems started.

彼女が私の問題が始まるとすぐに姿を消したとき、彼女が良い時だけの友達だと気づいた。

意味（1）

(idiomatic) 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 were only for their ſakes.

fair-weather friends （ plural ）