fair-weather friends in English
noun
1
a person who stops being a friend in times of difficulty.
Even several thousand years ago government figures were known to be fair-weather friends who exploited their friendship for personal advantage.
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1. Convertibles are no longer simply fair-weather friends; No reason to fear a sudden storm with retractable hardtops Like so many female pastors throughout the ages, Burdick, or Reverend Perie as she was Affectionally called, was a wife, a mother, and a tireless servant of God.